1 Kings 15:25

Nadab rules Israel

25 Jeroboam's son Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Judah's King Asa. He ruled over Israel for two years.

1 Kings 15:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:25

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in
the second year of Asa king of Judah
Before Baasha did:

and reigned over Israel two years,
not two whole years; for he began in the second of Asa, and in the third of that king's reign Baasha slew him, and reigned in his stead, ( 1 Kings 15:28 ) .

1 Kings 15:25 In-Context

23 The rest of Asa's deeds, his strength, and all that he did, as well as the towns that he built, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings? When he was old, Asa developed a severe foot disease.

24 He died and was buried with his ancestors in David's City. His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.

25 Jeroboam's son Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Judah's King Asa. He ruled over Israel for two years.

26 He did evil in the LORD's eyes by walking in the way of his father Jeroboam and the sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

27 Baasha, Ahijah's son from the house of Issachar, plotted against him and attacked him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Nadab and all Israel were laying siege against Gibbethon.