1 Kings 15:16

There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

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In The King James Version

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

In Context

15He brought into the house of the Lord the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

1 Kings 15:32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

2 Chronicles 16:1In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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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