1 Kings 15:16

New Century Version

There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all the time they were kings.

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 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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.

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 During the twentieth year Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah. ¹⁰ His grandmother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. Asa ruled in Jerusalem for forty-one years. ¹¹ Asa did what the Lord said was right, as his ancestor David had done. ¹² He forced the male prostitutes at the worship places to leave the country. He also took away the idols that his ancestors had made. ¹³ His grandmother Maacah had made a terrible Asherah idol, so Asa removed her from being queen mother. He cut down that idol and burned it in the Kidron Valley. ¹⁴ The places of worship to gods were not removed. Even so, Asa was faithful to the Lord all his life. ¹⁵ Asa brought into the Temple of the Lord the gifts he and his father had given: gold, silver, and utensils. ¹⁶ There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all the time they were kings. ¹⁷ Baasha attacked Judah, and he made the town of Ramah strong so he could keep people from leaving or entering Judah, Asa's country. ¹⁸ Asa took the rest of the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord and his own palace and gave it to his officers. Then he sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, who was the son of Hezion. Ben-Hadad was the king of Aram and ruled in the city of Damascus. Asa said,

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
Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count."

Genesis 15:8
But Abram said, "Lord God , how can I be sure that I will own this land?"

Genesis 15:9
The Lord said to Abram, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old male sheep, a dove, and a young pigeon."

Genesis 15:11
Later, large birds flew down to eat the animals, but Abram chased them away.

Exodus 12:40
The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for four hundred thirty years;

1 Kings 21:26
Ahab sinned terribly by worshiping idols, just as the Amorite people did. And the Lord had taken away their land and given it to the people of Israel.

Daniel 8:23
"When the end comes near for those kingdoms, a bold and cruel king who tells lies will come. This will happen when many people have turned against God.

1 Thessalonians 2:16
They try to stop us from teaching those who are not Jews so they may be saved. By doing this, they are increasing their sins to the limit. The anger of God has come to them at last.

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.