1 Kings 15:27
in 1 Kings 15Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
KJV
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
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This verse in 1 Kings 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Baasha ... of the house of Issachar - It is curious to find Issachar furnishing a king. Tola, its one very undistinguished Judge Jdg 10:1, on obtaining office had at once settled himself in the territory of Ephraim. The tribe was as little famous as any that could be named. The “ass crouching between two burthens” was a true symbol of the patient, plodding cultivators of the plain of Esdraelon Gen 49:14-
This site's exposition
Baasha the son of Ahijah
on 1 Kings 15:27-28
Baasha's conspiracy against Nadab happens at Gibbethon, a Philistine town under siege by Israel's own army, so the coup takes the king in the field rather than on his throne; the same site returns at 16:15-17 when Zimri kills Elah amid another siege there, a coincidence of place the book records without comment twice over. Nadab's death ends Jeroboam's dynasty after a single generation, the shortest reign of any king recorded so far in either kingdom.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon--This town, within the tribe of Dan, was given to the Levites (Jos 19:44). It lay on the Philistine borders, and having been seized by that people, Nadab laid siege to recover it.
Smote him at Gabbethon - This was a city in the tribe of Dan, and generally in the possession of the Philistines.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְשֹׁ֨ר | vaiyikshor | and he conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| עָלָ֜יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בַּעְשָׁ֤א | ba'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיָּה֙ | ʾachiyah | Ahijah | H281 → | 24 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | of [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר | yisoshkhar | Issachar | H3485 → | |
| וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בַעְשָׁ֔א | va'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| בְּגִבְּת֖וֹן | begibeton | at Gibbethon | H1405 → | 6 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | lapelishtim | [belonged] to the Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וְנָדָב֙ | venadav | and Nadab | H5070 → | 20 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| צָרִ֖ים | tzarim | [were] laying siege | H6696 → | 38 times |
| עַֽל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גִּבְּתֽוֹן׃ | gibeton | Gibbethon | H1405 → | 6 times |
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֨רand he conspired
vaiyikshorH7194 →44 times
עָלָ֜יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
בַּעְשָׁ֤אBaasha
ba'sha'H1201 →28 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיָּה֙Ahijah
ʾachiyahH281 →24 times
לְבֵ֣יתof [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
יִשָּׂשכָ֔רIssachar
yisoshkharH3485 →
וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּand he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
בַעְשָׁ֔אBaasha
va'sha'H1201 →28 times
בְּגִבְּת֖וֹןat Gibbethon
begibetonH1405 →6 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים[belonged] to the Philistines
lapelishtimH6430 →287 times
וְנָדָב֙and Nadab
venadavH5070 →20 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
צָרִ֖ים[were] laying siege
tzarimH6696 →38 times
עַֽל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
גִּבְּתֽוֹן׃Gibbethon
gibetonH1405 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
it leads to
- Joshua 21:23
From the tribe of Dan they were given Elteke, Gibbethon,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 19:44
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- Psalms 37:35
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Joshua 21:23
Through
1 Kings 14:14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:27–29
Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- 1 Kings 15:27–29
Through
1 Kings 16:9However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
it leads to
- Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- 1 Kings 18:3
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
- Daniel 5:1–4
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
- Genesis 39:4
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Genesis 24:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.
