1 Kings 15:22

And king Asa charged all Juda without exception: and they take up the stones of Rama and its timbers with which Baasa was building; and king Asa built with them upon the + 15:22 Heb. Geba and Mizpeh. whole hill of Benjamin, and the watch-tower.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

In Context

21And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa.

23And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his + 15:23 Gr. might. mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles + 15:23 Gr. for. of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

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Cross References

Joshua 18:24and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:

Joshua 21:17And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;

2 Chronicles 16:6then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasa had built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.

Jeremiah 40:10Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you⌃ say, it is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the places that have been made desolate for lack of men and cattle,

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:10-25

Asa's Reign. ( b. c. 914.) 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a… Read the whole commentary →

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