1 Kings 15:33
in 1 Kings 15In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years.
KJV
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
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This verse in 1 Kings 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIn the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,.... Which is repeated, partly to observe that the whole kingdom submitted to him, though an usurper and murderer, and the place where he kept his court, as also the time of his reign, as follows: twenty four years; which were as long as both Jeroboam and his son reigned.
This site's exposition
to reign over all Israel in Tirzah
on 1 Kings 15:33-34
Baasha's own accession formula measures him by the identical standard just used of Nadab, walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, so the man who has just executed the Lord's sentence on Jeroboam's house stands condemned by the same words before his reign properly begins. Chapter 16 will apply Ahijah's own pattern to Baasha's house in turn, a second prophetic sentence answering a second dynasty's identical sin. The refrain that opened at 14:16 has now fallen on every king the north has produced.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In his sin - In the worship of the calves which his father had made. Even, &c. - It was threatened, chap. xiv, 15, that Israel should be as a reed shaken in the water. And so they were, when, during the single reign of Asa, their government was in seven or eight different hands.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁנַ֣ת | bishnat | in year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שָׁלֹ֔שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| לְאָסָ֖א | leasa' | of Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| מָ֠לַךְ | malakh | he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בַּעְשָׁ֨א | ba'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲחִיָּ֤ה | ʾachiyah | Ahijah | H281 → | 24 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בְּתִרְצָ֔ה | betirtzah | in Tirzah | H8656 → | 18 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְאַרְבַּ֖ע | vearba' | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
בִּשְׁנַ֣תin year
bishnatH8141 →877 times
שָׁלֹ֔שׁthree
shaloshH7969 →432 times
לְאָסָ֖אof Asa
leasa'H609 →57 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
מָ֠לַךְhe became king
malakhH4427 →348 times
בַּעְשָׁ֨אBaasha
ba'sha'H1201 →28 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אֲחִיָּ֤הAhijah
ʾachiyahH281 →24 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בְּתִרְצָ֔הin Tirzah
betirtzahH8656 →18 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְאַרְבַּ֖עand four
vearba'H702 →318 times
שָׁנָֽה׃year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.