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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Kings 15:16

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asa;   Baasha;   Israel;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Thompson Chain Reference - Asa;   Baasha;   Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Kings of Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Baasha;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Baasha;   Ben-hadad;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Syria;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Kings, the Books of;   Maachah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baasha;   Ben-Hadad;   Damascus;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Ramah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Damascus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Asa;   Baasha;   Benhadad;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   Asa;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel throughout their reigns.
Hebrew Names Version
There was war between Asa and Ba`sha king of Yisra'el all their days.
King James Version
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
English Standard Version
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
New Century Version
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all the time they were kings.
New English Translation
Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.
Amplified Bible
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
New American Standard Bible
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there was warre betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Contemporary English Version
Asa was always at war with King Baasha of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
There was war between Asa and Ba‘sha king of Isra'el as long as they both lived.
Darby Translation
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Easy-to-Read Version
The whole time that King Asa was king of Judah, he fought a war against King Baasha of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Good News Translation
King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel were constantly at war with each other as long as they were in power.
Lexham English Bible
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all of their days.
Literal Translation
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there was warre betwene Asa & Baesa the kynge of Israel, as longe as they lyued.
American Standard Version
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Bible in Basic English
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was warre betweene Asa, & Baasa king of Israel all their dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.
King James Version (1611)
And there was war betweene Asa and Baasha King of Israel all their dayes.
English Revised Version
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Berean Standard Bible
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe batel was bitwixe Asa and Baasa, kyng of Israel, in alle the daies of hem.
Young's Literal Translation
And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days,
Update Bible Version
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
World English Bible
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
New King James Version
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
New Living Translation
There was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.
New Life Bible
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
New Revised Standard
There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there was, war, between Asa and Baasha king of Israel, all their days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was war between Asa, and Baasa, king of Israel, all their days.
Revised Standard Version
And there was war between Asa and Ba'asha king of Israel all their days.
THE MESSAGE
But through much of his reign there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel. Baasha king of Israel started it by building a fort at Ramah and closing the border between Israel and Judah so no one could enter or leave Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Contextual Overview

9 In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign over Juda. 10 015 11 And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father. 12 And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up. 13 And he removed Ana his mother from being queen, forasmuch as she gathered a meeting in her grove: and Asa cut down her retreats, and burnt them with fire in the brook of Kedron. 14 But he removed not the high places; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days. 15 And he brought in the pillars of his father, he even brought in his gold and silver pillars into the house of the Lord, and his vessels. 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days. 17 And Baasa king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so that no one should go out or come in for Asa king of Juda. 18 And Asa took all the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and gave them into the hands of his servants; and king Asa sent them out to the son of Ader, the son of Taberema son of Azin king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 15:6, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:32, 1 Kings 14:30, 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:1 - long war 1 Kings 15:27 - Baasha the son 2 Chronicles 15:19 - five and thirtieth

Cross-References

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 15:9
And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
Genesis 15:11
And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Exodus 12:40
And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, was four hundred and thirty years.
1 Kings 21:26
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.
Daniel 8:23
And at the latter time of their kingdom, when their sins are coming to the full, there shall arise a king bold in countenance, and understanding riddles.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Baasha became king of Israel in the third year of Asa 1 Kings 15:33. The petty warfare which ordinarily prevailed on the borders of the two kingdoms continued “all the days” of Asa and Baasha. During the first ten years of Asa’s reign he was little molested 2 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 14:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 15:16. There was war — That is, there was continual enmity; see on 1 Kings 15:6. But there was no open war till the thirty-sixth year of Asa, when Baasha, king of Israel, began to build Ramah, that he might prevent all communication between Israel and Judah; see 2 Chronicles 15:19; 2 Chronicles 16:1. But this does not agree with what is said here, 1 Kings 16:8-9, that Elah, the son and successor of Baasha, was killed by Zimri, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Asa. Chronologers endeavour to reconcile this by saying that the years should be reckoned, not from the beginning of the reign of Asa, but from the separation of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It is most certain that Baasha could not make war upon Asa in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, when it is evident from this chapter that he was dead in the twenty-sixth year of that king. We must either adopt the mode of solution given by chronologists, or grant that there is a mistake in some of the numbers; most likely in the parallel places in Chronicles, but which we have no direct means of correcting. But the reader may compare 2 Chronicles 14:1, with 2 Chronicles 15:10; 2 Chronicles 15:19; 2 Chronicles 16:1.


 
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