1 Kings 15:21

וַֽיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ בַּעְשָׁא וַיֶּחְדַּל מִבְּנוֹת אֶת ־ הָֽרָמָה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּתִרְצָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

In Context

20וַיִּשְׁמַע בֶּן ־ הֲדַד אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ אָסָא וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת ־ שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ עַל ־ עָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּךְ אֶת ־ עִיּוֹן וְאֶת ־ דָּן וְאֵת אָבֵל בֵּֽית ־ מַעֲכָה וְאֵת כָּל ־ כִּנְרוֹת עַל כָּל ־ אֶרֶץ נַפְתָּלִֽי ׃

22וְהַמֶּלֶךְ אָסָא הִשְׁמִיעַ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ יְהוּדָה אֵין נָקִי וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת ־ אַבְנֵי הָֽרָמָה וְאֶת ־ עֵצֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בַּעְשָׁא וַיִּבֶן בָּם הַמֶּלֶךְ אָסָא אֶת ־ גֶּבַע בִּנְיָמִן וְאֶת ־ הַמִּצְפָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 15:17וַיַּעַל בַּעְשָׁא מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל ־ יְהוּדָה וַיִּבֶן אֶת ־ הָרָמָה לְבִלְתִּי תֵּת יֹצֵא וָבָא לְאָסָא מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה ׃

2 Chronicles 16:5וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ בַּעְשָׁא וַיֶּחְדַּל מִבְּנוֹת אֶת ־ הָרָמָה וַיַּשְׁבֵּת אֶת ־ מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ ׃ ס

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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