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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Kings 15:21

As soon as Ba‘sha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and stayed in Tirtzah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asa;   Baasha;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Ramah;   Tirzah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Ramah;   Tirzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Baasha;   Ben-hadad;   Israel;   Jeroboam;   Syria;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rama;   Tirza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Kings, the Books of;   Rama;   Samaria;   Tirzah (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Ijon;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Ramah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Tirzah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baasha ;   Ramah ;   Tirzah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baasha;   Tirzah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Asa;   Judah, Territory of;   Nothing;   Tirzah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when Ba`sha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirtzah.
King James Version
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
English Standard Version
And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
New Century Version
When Baasha heard about these attacks, he stopped building up Ramah and returned to Tirzah.
New English Translation
When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.
Amplified Bible
When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.
New American Standard Bible
When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Baasha heard thereof, hee left buylding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that when Baasha heard of it, he ceased building up Ramah and remained in Tirzah.
Contemporary English Version
When Baasha heard about it, he left Ramah and went back to Tirzah.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Baasha heard about these attacks, he stopped building up Ramah and went back to Tirzah.
George Lamsa Translation
And when Baasha heard of it, he left off building Ramtha and dwelt in Tirzah.
Good News Translation
When King Baasha heard what had happened, he stopped fortifying Ramah and went to Tirzah.
Lexham English Bible
When Baasha heard, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
Literal Translation
And it happened, when Baasha heard, he ceased building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wha Baesa herde that, he left of from buyldinge Rama, and wente agayne vnto Thirza.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Bible in Basic English
And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Baasa heard thereof, he left building of Rama, and dwelt in Thirza.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe when Baasha heard thereof, that hee left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Berean Standard Bible
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Baasa hadde herd this thing, he lefte to bilde Rama, and turnede ayen in to Thersa.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [of it], that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
World English Bible
It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
New King James Version
Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.
New Living Translation
As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
New Life Bible
When Baasha heard about it, he stopped building a wall around Ramah, and stayed in Tirzah.
New Revised Standard
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and lived in Tirzah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, he left off building Ramah, - and returned to Tirzah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.
Revised Standard Version
And when Ba'asha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he dwelt in Tirzah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

Contextual Overview

9 It was in the twentieth year of Yarov‘am king of Isra'el that Asa began his reign over Y'hudah. 10 He ruled forty-one years in Yerushalayim; his [grand]mother's name was Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avishalom. 11 Asa did what was right from the perspective of Adonai , as David his ancestor had done. 12 He rid the land of cult-prostitutes and removed all the idols his ancestors had made. 13 He also deposed Ma‘akhah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a disgusting image as an asherah. Asa cut down this image of hers and burned it in Vadi Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted with Adonai throughout his life. 15 He brought into the house of Adonai all the articles his father had consecrated, also the things he himself had consecrated — silver, gold and utensils. 16 There was war between Asa and Ba‘sha king of Isra'el as long as they both lived. 17 Ba‘sha attacked Y'hudah, and he fortified Ramah to prevent anyone's leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Y'hudah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the house of Adonai and among the treasures of the royal palace; and, entrusting them to his servants, King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tavrimmon, the son of Hezyon, king of Aram, who lived in Dammesek, with this message:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when Baasha: 2 Chronicles 16:5

Tirzah: 1 Kings 14:17, 1 Kings 16:15-18, Song of Solomon 6:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:17 - Ramah 1 Kings 16:6 - Tirzah 2 Kings 15:14 - Tirzah

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
Genesis 15:19
the territory of the Keni, the K'nizi, the Kadmoni,
Exodus 33:2
I will send an angel ahead of you; and I will drive out the Kena‘ani, Emori, Hitti, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi.
Exodus 34:11
Observe what I am ordering you to do today. Here! I am driving out ahead of you the Emori, Kena‘ani, Hitti, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi.
Deuteronomy 7:1
(vii) " Adonai your God is going to bring you into the land you will enter in order to take possession of it, and he will expel many nations ahead of you — the Hitti, Girgashi, Emori, Kena‘ani, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi, seven nations bigger and stronger than you.
Matthew 8:28
When Yeshua arrived at the other side of the lake, in the Gadarenes' territory, there came out of the burial caves two men controlled by demons, so violent that no one dared travel on that road.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 15:21. Dwelt in Tirzah. — This seems to have been the royal city; see 1 Kings 15:33, and 1 Kings 14:17; and in this Baasha was probably obliged to shut himself up.


 
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