1 Kings 15:27
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, when Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28And Baasha slew him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Cross References
Joshua 19:44and El-tekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
1 Kings 14:14And Jehovah shall raise up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; and what? even now.
1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him; and he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was the steward of his house in Tirzah;
1 Kings 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.
1 Kings 16:17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
2 Kings 12:20And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at 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 →