And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices3
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. For being a wicked man, and an idolater, Asa had no respect for him, though he had slain the family of Jeroboam; nor had Baasha any regard to Judah, nor to the worship of God at Jerusalem, so that there was no good understanding between them, but frequent acts of hostility, see 1Ki 15:16.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
An exact repetition of 1Ki 15:16. From the book before him 1Ki 15:31 the writer extracts a passage which happens to correspond exactly with one which he has already extracted from the Book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. He does not object to repeating himself (compare 1Ki 14:21, 1Ki 14:31; 1Ki 14:30; 1Ki 15:6; 2Ki 17:6; 2Ki 18:11).
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
He makes a better figure, 2 Chron. xiii. , where we have an account of his war with Jeroboam, the speech which he made before the armies engaged, and the wonderful victory he obtained by the help of God. There he is called Abijah--My father is the Lord, because no wickedness is there laid to his charge.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The walk3
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
1 Kings 15:16Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
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And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches3
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
