1 Kings 15:22

22 Then King Asa issued orders to everyone in Judah - no exemptions - to haul away the logs and stones Baasha had used in the fortification of Ramah and use them to fortify Geba in Benjamin and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:22

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

(none was exempted;)
the Jews ^F26 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 Joshua 18:26 ) ( Jeremiah 41:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Jarchi & Kimchi in loc.

1 Kings 15:22 In-Context

20 Ben-Hadad went along with King Asa and sent out his troops against the towns of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and the entire region of Kinnereth, including Naphtali.

21 When Baasha got the report he quit fortifying Ramah and pulled back to Tirzah.

22 Then King Asa issued orders to everyone in Judah - no exemptions - to haul away the logs and stones Baasha had used in the fortification of Ramah and use them to fortify Geba in Benjamin and Mizpah.

23 A full account of Asa's life, all the great things he did and the fortifications he constructed, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. In his old age he developed severe gout.

24 Then Asa died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoshaphat became king after him.