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Hebrew Names Version

1 Kings 15:21

It happened, when Ba`sha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived 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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
As soon as Ba‘sha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and stayed in Tirtzah.
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 In the twentieth year of Yarov`am king of Yisra'el began Asa to reign over Yehudah. 10 Forty-one years reigned he in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Ma`akhah the daughter of Avishalom. 11 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 Also Ma`akhah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 He 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. 16 There was war between Asa and Ba`sha king of Yisra'el all their days. 17 Ba`sha king of Yisra'el went up against Yehudah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Yehudah. 18 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, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tavrimon, the son of Hezyon, king of Aram, who lived at Dammesek, saying,

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
But you will go to your fathers in shalom. You will be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 15:19
the Kinim, the Kenizzi, the Kadmoni,
Exodus 33:2
I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Kana`ani, the Amori, and the Hittite, and the Perizzi, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi:
Exodus 34:11
Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amori, the Kana`ani, the Hittite, the Perizzi, the Hivvi, and the Yevusi.
Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashi, and the Amori, and the Kana`ani, and the Perizzi, and the Hivvi, and the Yevusi, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
Matthew 8:28
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

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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