1 Kings 15:27
Then Baasha, the son of Ahijah, from the house of Issachar, set an ambush against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, which is a city of the Philistines. For indeed, Nadab and all of Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
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In Context
28And so Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa, the king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.
Cross References
Joshua 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon and Baalath,
1 Kings 14:14But the Lord has appointed for himself a king over Israel, who will strike down the house of Jeroboam, in this day and in this time.
1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zimri, the commander of one half part of the horsemen, rebelled against him. Now Elah was drinking at Tirzah, and he became inebriated in the house of Arza, the prefect of Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, the king of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah. For the army was besieging Gibbethon, a city of the Philistines.
1 Kings 16:17Therefore, Omri ascended, and all of Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
2 Kings 12:20Then his servants rose up and conspired among themselves. And they struck down Jehoash, at the house of Millo, on the descent of Silla.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:26-34
The Reign of Nadab and Baasha. ( b. c. 954.) 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 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. 28… Read the whole commentary →