1 Rois 15:22

Louis Segond

Le roi Asa convoqua tout Juda, sans exempter personne, et ils emportèrent les pierres et le bois que Baescha employait à la construction de Rama; et le roi Asa s'en servit pour bâtir Guéba de Benjamin et Mitspa.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Alors le roi Asa fit publier par tout Juda, que tous, sans exempter personne, eussent à emporter les pierres et le bois de Rama, que Baesha faisait bâtir; et le roi Asa en bâtit Guéba de Benjamin, et Mitspa.

Darby's French Translation
Et le roi Asa convoqua tout Juda; personne n'était exempté: et ils emportèrent les pierres de Rama, et les bois avec lesquels Baësha bâtissait; et le roi Asa en bâtit Guéba de Benjamin et Mitspa.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Alors le Roi Asa fit publier par tout Juda que tous, sans en excepter aucun, eussent à emporter les pierres et le bois de Rama, que Bahasa faisait bâtir, et le Roi Asa en bâtit Guébah de Benjamin, et Mitspa.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made a proclamation: 2 Chronicles 16:6

exempted: Heb. free

Geba: Joshua 18:24, Gaba, Joshua 21:17

Mizpah: Joshua 18:26, 1 Samuel 7:5, Mizpeh, Jeremiah 40:6, Jeremiah 40:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:49 - Mizpah Joshua 11:3 - land 2 Kings 23:8 - Geba Zechariah 14:10 - from Geba

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah,.... Summoned men of all sorts, ranks, and degrees:

(none was exempted;) the Jews z 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.

z Jarchi & Kimchi in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Geba, situated opposite to Michmash 1 Samuel 14:5, is almost certainly “Jeba,” which stands picturesquely on the top of its steep terraced hill on the very edge of the “Wady Suweinit.” Its position was thus exceedingly strong; and, as it lay further north than Ramah, Asa may have considered that to fortify and garrison it would be a better protection to his northern frontier than fortifying Ramah.

For Mizpah see the marginal reference From Jeremiah 41:9 we learn that Asa, besides fortifying the place, sank a deep well there to secure his garrison from want of water if the town should be besieged.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 15:22. None was exempted — Every man was obliged to go and help to dismantle the fortress at Ramah which Baasha had built. This was a general levee en masse of the people: every one was obliged to lend a helping hand, as the state was then supposed to be in danger, and all exemptions necessarily ceased. This is a maxim of civil policy, Ubi adversus hostem muniendi sent limites, omnis immunitas cessat: "Where the boundaries are to be fortified against an enemy, then all exemptions cease."