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1 Kings Chapter
Fifteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15
In
this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1 Kings 15:1 and of
Asa, 1 Kings 14:9, both
kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha,
who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1 Kings 15:25.
1 Kings 15:1 In
the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over
Judah.
YLT
1And in the eighteenth year
of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;
Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah. That is, began to reign; and by this it
appears that Rehoboam was in the eighteenth year of his reign when he died, for
he and Jeroboam began their reign at the same time.
1 Kings 15:2 2 He reigned three years in
Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.
YLT
2three years he hath reigned
in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... And three only; his
reign was short, and indeed not three full years, only one whole year and part
of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentieth of Jeroboam, 1 Kings 15:9 so
that he reigned part of his eighteenth, this whole nineteenth, and part of his
twentieth:
and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; called
Absalom, 2 Chronicles 11:20,
generally supposed by the Jews to be Absalom the son of David, and which may
seem not improbable, since his other two wives were of his father's family, 2 Chronicles 11:18.
Josephus saysF17Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 1. she was the daughter
of Tamar the daughter of Absalom, and so his granddaughter; and which may
account for her being called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, 2 Chronicles 13:2
since the difference between Maachah and Michaiah is not very great; and Uriel
might he the name of Tamar's husband; though it is most likely that both father
and daughter had two names; she seems to be mentioned here, to observe that she
was the cause and means of her son's disagreeable walk, as follows, see 1 Kings 15:13.
1 Kings 15:3 3 And he walked in all the
sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to
the Lord
his God, as was the heart of his father David.
YLT
3and he walketh in all the
sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect
with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father;
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him,.... Having such bad examples as both parents to copy after; it
chiefly respects idolatrous practices, see 1 Kings 14:23,
and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he did
profess the true God, and worshipped him, but not wholly, and only, and
sincerely; he worshipped other gods besides him: and so his heart was not
as the heart of David his father; who was a sole and
sincere worshipper of God, never departed from him and his service.
1 Kings 15:4 4 Nevertheless for David’s
sake the Lord
his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by
establishing Jerusalem;
YLT
4but for David's sake hath
Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after
him, and to establish Jerusalem,
Nevertheless, for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem,.... A kingdom there, as the Targum, splendid and glorious, to be
continued in his posterity: to set up his son after him; in it:
and to establish Jerusalem: to continue that in
which the temple was, for the sake of which, and the worship of God in it,
there was a succession of David's posterity on the throne of Judah.
1 Kings 15:5 5 because David did what
was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside
from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the
matter of Uriah the Hittite.
YLT
5in that David did that
which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He
commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord,.... With
respect to worship: and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him
all the days of his life; especially in matters of religion, nor even in his
moral walk and conversation, deliberately, studiously, and with design:
save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite; the killing
of him, and other sins which led on to it, and were in connection with it;
Abarbinel thinks, because the affair of Bathsheba is not mentioned, that was
not reckoned to David as a sin; but no doubt it was, and is included here.
1 Kings 15:6 6 And there was war between
Rehoboam[a] and
Jeroboam all the days of his life.
YLT
6and war hath been between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of
his life. Not the days of Rehoboam, though that was true, and is observed, 1 Kings 14:30, but
all the days of Abijam, before he came to the throne, and in which, when a
young man, he was concerned, and which still continued between him and
Jeroboam; though some think he is called by his father's name, as Rehoboam is
called David, 1 Kings 12:16.
1 Kings 15:7 7 Now the rest of the acts
of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and
Jeroboam.
YLT
7And the rest of the matters
of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the
Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and
Jeroboam;
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Which
seem to be written by Iddo the prophet, see 2 Chronicles 13:22,
and there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam; and a famous
pitched battle between them we read of in 2 Chronicles 13:3.
1 Kings 15:8 8 So Abijam rested with his
fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in
his place.
YLT
8and Abijam lieth with his
fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in
his stead.
And Abijam slept with his fathers,.... That is, died as
they did:
and they buried him in the city of David, in the
sepulchre of his royal ancestors, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam:
and Asa his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps
was the eldest of his twenty two sons, 2 Chronicles 13:21.
1 Kings 15:9 9 In the twentieth year of
Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa
over Judah. How this is to be accounted for See Gill on 1 Kings 15:2.
1 Kings 15:10 10 And he reigned forty-one
years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter
of Abishalom.
YLT
10and forty and one years he
hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of
Abishalom.
And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... Being a
good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded,
the years of the reigns of David and Solomon:
and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom; that is the
name of his grandmother, see 1 Kings 15:2 she is
called his mother, not because she brought him forth, but because she brought
him up; and this is observed to his commendation, that though he was educated
by an idolatrous woman, yet was not corrupted by her as his father was.
1 Kings 15:11 11 Asa did what was
right in the eyes of the Lord,
as did his father David.
YLT
11And Asa doth that which
[is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father,
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did
David his father. In his personal walk and conversation, in his government of the
nation, and especially in the matters of his God, and of religion, he made
David his pattern and example to copy after.
1 Kings 15:12 12 And he banished the
perverted persons[b] from the land,
and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
YLT
12and removeth the
whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers
made;
And he took away the Sodomites out of the land,.... Which
were in the times of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:24, and
continued in his father's reign; those he took away, either by driving them out
of the land, or by putting them to death according to the law of God, Leviticus 20:13
even as many of them as he had knowledge of, for some remained, see 1 Kings 22:46,
and removed all the idols that his fathers had made; or suffered
to be made, as Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam, see 1 Kings 11:7.
1 Kings 15:13 13 Also he removed Maachah
his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene
image of Asherah.[c] And Asa
cut down her obscene image and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
YLT
13and also Maachah his mother
-- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing
for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth [it] by the
brook Kidron;
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,.... From the
kingdom, as the Targum; from having any share in the government, as she might
have had during his minority, his mother being dead, as some conjecture; and
not only took away her power and authority, but all the ensigns of it, and
perhaps forbid her the court: or he removed her from the queen, his own wife,
that she might not be corrupted by her; or rather it was from presiding over
the rites of the idol next mentioned, and the worshipping of it:
because she had made an idol in a grove; which had its
name from horror and trembling; either because it was of a terrible aspect, or
injected horror into its worshippers, or brought terrible calamities and
judgments upon them: according to some Jewish writersF18T. Bab.
Avodah Zarah, fol. 44. 1. , it was a Priapus, of an obscene figure; and so
othersF19Vid. D. Herbert de Cherbury de Relig. Gent. c. 4. p. 34.
Lyram in loc. , who suppose she presided over the sacred rites of this impure
deity, the same with Baalpeor; and the Heathens used to place Priapus in their
gardensF20"----custos es pauperis horti", Virgil. Bucol.
Ecl. 7. ver. 34. & Georgic. l. 4. ver. 110. "----furum aviumque maxima
formido", Horat. Sermon. l. 1. ode 8. , to fright away birds; see Gill on Jeremiah 49:16,
others take it to be Pan, from whence the word "Panic", used for any
great fright:
and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron: and cast the
ashes of it into it, that none might have any profit by it, the gold and silver
on it, and in indignation to it, see Exodus 32:20.
1 Kings 15:14 14 But the high places were
not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.
YLT
14and the high places have
not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his
days,
But the high places were not removed,.... That is,
such as had been used for the worship of God, before the temple was built,
which yet now should have been removed, since sacrifice was now only to be
offered there; but he might think they were still lawful, or the people had
such an opinion of them, that it was difficult and dangerous to attempt to
remove them; otherwise high places for idolatry were removed by him, 2 Chronicles 14:3,
nevertheless, Asa's heart was perfect all his days; he was
sincere in the worship of God, and did everything to the best of his knowledge
and capacity for restoring true religion, and destroying idolatry.
1 Kings 15:15 15 He also brought into the
house of the Lord
the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had
dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.
YLT
15and he bringeth in the
sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of
Jehovah, silver, and gold, and vessels.
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated,.... The
spoils he had taken in war from Jeroboam, and which he had devoted to religious
uses, but lived not to perform his vows, which his son now did for him; so that
it seems, notwithstanding the sins he fell into, he had some regard to God and
his worship, see 2 Chronicles 13:19.
and the things which himself had dedicated; out of the
spoils taken from the Ethiopians, 2 Chronicles 14:13,
these he brought into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels; of
various sorts.
1 Kings 15:16 16 Now there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
YLT
16And war hath been between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days,
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days: That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many
years before Asa, and this must be reckoned from the time the war began between
them. Baasha did not begin his reign until the third year of Asa, 1 Kings 15:25 and
in the first ten years of Asa's reign the land was quiet and free from war, 2 Chronicles 14:1
of which there must be seven in the reign of Baasha, who is here made mention
of out of course, for Nadab reigned before him, 1 Kings 15:25, the
reason of which Abarbinel thinks is, that the historian, having given an
account of the good deeds of Asa, relates his failings before he proceeds to
the other part of his history.
1 Kings 15:17 17 And Baasha king of Israel
came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come
in to Asa king of Judah.
YLT
17and Baasha king of Israel
goeth up against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, not to permit any one going out and
coming in to Asa king of Judah.
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah,.... Which, in
2 Chronicles 16:1
is said to be in the thirty sixth year of Asa's reign, or rather of his
kingdom; for it can never mean the year of his reign, for Baasha was dead many
years before that, since his reign began in the third of Asa, and he reigned
but twenty four years, and therefore must die in the twenty seventh of Asa; but
it is to be understood of the kingdom of Judah, when it was divided from
Israel; from that time to this were thirty six years, seventeen under Rehoboam,
three under Abijam, so that this year must be the sixteenth of Asa; thus it is
calculated in the Jewish chronologyF21Seder Olam Rabba, c. 16. , and
which is followed by many of the best of our chronologers:
and built Ramah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, but
taken by the king of Israel, which he rebuilt or fortified:
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of
Judah; that his people might not go to and from Jerusalem, and worship
at the temple there; this garrison lying on the borders of both kingdoms, he
thought hereby to cut off all communication between them.
1 Kings 15:18 18 Then Asa took all the
silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the
treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his
servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of
Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
YLT
18And Asa taketh all the
silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and
the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his
servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of
Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house,.... What was
left untaken away by Shishak king of Egypt, 1 Kings 14:26, or
what he had put there dedicated by his father and himself, 1 Kings 15:15 and
be they either, they were not to be taken, especially the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and put to profane use, and particularly to such bad
purposes as these were:
and delivered them into the hands of his servants: to be
disposed of as next directed:
and King Asa sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimon, the son of
Hezion king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus; according to some
chronologersF23Usher. Annal. A. M. 3064. Marsham. Canon. Chron.
Seculum 13. p. 346. , Hezion, the grandfather of this Benhadad, is the same
with Rezon the first king of Damascus, 1 Kings 11:23, who
was succeeded by Tabrimon, and he by Benhadad:
saying: as follows.
1 Kings 15:19 19 “Let there be a
treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See,
I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with
Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
YLT
19`A covenant [is] between me
and thee, between my father and thy father; lo, I have sent to thee a reward of
silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he
goeth up from off me.'
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and
thy father,.... For though Hezion, if he is the same with Rezon, was an
adversary to Israel in the days of Solomon, 1 Kings 11:25, yet
it seems his son was not, but was a confederate with the kings of Israel and
Judah:
behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; taken out of
the treasury of the temple and his own treasury:
come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may
depart from me; it was sinful in him to take the money out of the temple, to
which it was dedicated; it was more so to make use of it to bribe an Heathen to
break his covenant and alliance with another, in order to serve him; in which
he betrayed great distrust of the Lord, and of his power to help him; which was
the more aggravated, when he had had such a wonderful appearance of God for him
against the Ethiopians, see 2 Chronicles 16:7.
1 Kings 15:20 20 So Ben-Hadad heeded King
Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He
attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
YLT
20And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth
unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities
of Israel, and smiteth Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all
Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali;
So Benhadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the captains of the
hosts which he had against the cities of Israel,.... He broke off his
alliance with the king of Israel; and as he had a standing army, with proper
officers, he sent them directly to take the cities of Israel:
and he smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all
Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali; places which lay on the
northern part of Israel, the nearest to Syria. Ijon some place in the tribe of
Naphtali, others in Asher; it seems to be on the extreme border of the land
northward, as Dan also was; hence the phrase from Dan to Beersheba, i.e. from
north to south. Abelbethmaachah is the same with Abelmaim, 2 Chronicles 16:4
which perhaps is the same with that Abela, placed by JeromeF24De
loc. Heb. fol. 83. K. between Damascus and Paneas, supposed to be the Enhydra
of PlinyF25Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. . Cinneroth is the same with
Gennesaret, a fruitful country in Galilee, from which is a sea or lake of that
name, mentioned in the New Testament, and was in the tribe of Naphtali, the
land of which was seized upon at this time.
1 Kings 15:21 21 Now it happened, when
Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
YLT
21and it cometh to pass at
Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof,.... What was
doing in the northern part of his kingdom:
that he left off building of Ramah; which was the thing
designed to be answered by this diversion:
and dwelt in Tirzah; in the tribe of
Manasseh, nearer at hand, to observe and stop the motions of the Syrian king.
1 Kings 15:22 22 Then King Asa made a
proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away
the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with
them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
YLT
22And king Asa hath summoned
all Judah -- there is none exempt -- and they lift up the stones of Ramah, and
its wood, that Baasha hath built, and king Asa buildeth with them Geba of
Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah,.... Summoned
men of all sorts, ranks, and degrees:
(none was exempted;) the JewsF26Jarchi
& Kimchi in loc. say, not so much as a newly married man, whom the law
excused from war the first year, nor the disciples of the wise men:
and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha had builded; or fortified the place; these; the men of
Judah, whom Asa summoned, carried off:
and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah; which were
both in the tribe of Benjamin, and which he fortified, Joshua 18:24.
1 Kings 15:23 23 The rest of all the acts
of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in
the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
YLT
23And the rest of all the
matters of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he
built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of
Judah? Only, at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet;
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that
he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Some of which are to
be met with in the canonical book of that name, 2 Chronicles 14:1,
and others in the annals of the kings, out of which the Scripture account was
taken:
nevertheless, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his
feet; seized with the gout, as the Jews sayF1T. Bab.
Sanhedrin, fol. 48. 2. So Clemens of Alexandria, Stromat. l. 1. p. 326. , and
which was two years before his death, see 2 Chronicles 16:12.
1 Kings 15:24 24 So Asa rested with his
fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
YLT
24and Asa lieth with his
fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and
Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father,.... In a sepulchre there he himself had
made, and in great pomp and solemnity, being laid on a bed filled with sweet
odours and spices, prepared according to art, and which were burned for him, 2 Chronicles 16:14,
and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead; a very pious
and worthy prince.
1 Kings 15:25 25 Now Nadab the son of
Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and
he reigned over Israel two years.
YLT
25And Nadab son of Jeroboam
hath reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he
reigneth over Israel two years,
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah,.... Before Baasha did:
and reigned over Israel two years, not two whole years; for
he began in the second of Asa, and in the third of that king's reign Baasha
slew him, and reigned in his stead, 1 Kings 15:28.
1 Kings 15:26 26 And he did evil in the
sight of the Lord,
and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel
sin.
YLT
26and doth the evil thing in
the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth in the way of his father, and in his sin that he
made Israel to sin.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Committed
idolatry, than which nothing is a greater evil in his sight:
and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he
made Israel to sin: in making and worshipping of golden calves.
1 Kings 15:27 27 Then Baasha the son of
Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him
at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all
Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
YLT
27And conspire against him
doth Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, and Baasha smiteth him in
Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines -- and Nadab and all Israel are laying
siege against Gibbethon –
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,.... A man of
that tribe; but who he was, or his father, is nowhere else said, very probably
an officer in Nadab's army:
conspired against him; laid a scheme to take
away his life, and seize the kingdom:
and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon; a city in the tribe of
Dan, Joshua 19:44.
which belongeth to the Philistines; it was a city given to
the Levites, Joshua 21:23 and
they being driven from it by Jeroboam, the Philistines seized on it, or had
heretofore made a conquest of it; and Nadab was desirous of getting it out of
their hands, and therefore besieged it, as follows:
for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon; and while he
was besieging it, Baasha took the opportunity to slay him, where his carcass
lay exposed to dogs, or fowls of the air, and had no burial, as Ahijah
predicted, 1 Kings 14:11.
1 Kings 15:28 28 Baasha killed him in the
third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
YLT
28yea, Baasha putteth him to
death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead.
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him,
and reigned in his stead. Which seems to be his only or chief view in
slaying him, to get possession of his kingdom.
1 Kings 15:29 29 And it was so, when he
became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave
to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the
word of the Lord
which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
YLT
29And it cometh to pass, at
his reigning, he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam, he hath not left any
breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him, according to the word of
Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house
of Jeroboam,.... That he might have no rival, or any that could pretend any
title to the crown:
he left not Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed
him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah
the Shilonite; not that his intention in destroying Jeroboam's family was to
fulfil that prophecy, but so it was eventually; see 1 Kings 14:10.
1 Kings 15:30 30 because of the sins of
Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of
his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to
anger.
YLT
30because of the sins of
Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin, by his provocation
with which he provoked to anger Jehovah, God of Israel.
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made
Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel. Not that
Baasha destroyed the family of Jeroboam because of his sins, which did so much
mischief to Israel, and were so provoking to the Lord, from any dislike or
hatred of them, for he walked in the same, 1 Kings 15:34, but
the Lord threatened this by his prophet, and suffered it to be done because of
his abominations.
1 Kings 15:31 31 Now the rest of the acts
of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
YLT
31And the rest of the matters
of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did,.... In his
short reign, which yet were more than here related:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? in which those of his father Jeroboam were written, 1 Kings 14:19.
1 Kings 15:32 32 And there was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
YLT
32And war hath been between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days. For being a wicked man, and an idolater, Asa had no respect for
him, though he had slain the family of Jeroboam; nor had Baasha any regard to
Judah, nor to the worship of God at Jerusalem, so that there was no good
understanding between them, but frequent acts of hostility, see 1 Kings 15:16.
1 Kings 15:33 33 In the third year of Asa
king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah,
and reigned twenty-four years.
YLT
33In the third year of Asa
king of Judah reigned hath Baasha son of Ahijah over all Israel in Tirzah,
twenty and four years,
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,.... Which is repeated,
partly to observe that the whole kingdom submitted to him, though an usurper
and murderer, and the place where he kept his court, as also the time of his
reign, as follows:
twenty four years; which were as long as both Jeroboam and his
son reigned.
1 Kings 15:34 34 He did evil in the sight
of the Lord,
and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel
sin.
YLT
34and he doth the evil thing
in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that
he caused Israel to sin.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,.... As Nadab
did, whom he slew:
and walked in the way of Jeroboam; whose family he
destroyed:
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin; in
worshipping the golden calves; so that it was not out of dislike to idolatry,
but out of malice and ambition, that he slew the family of Jeroboam.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)