1 Kings 15:24-34

24 And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and 1Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

Nadab, then Baasha, Rules over Israel

25 Now 2Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
26 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 3walked in the way of his father and 4in his sin which he made Israel sin.
27 Then 5Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at 6Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.
29 It came about as soon as he was king, he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam any persons alive, until he had destroyed them, 7according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
30 and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and 8which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
31 9Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel?

War with Judah

32 10There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four * years.
34 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 11walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.

1 Kings 15:24-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.

Cross References 11

  • 1. 1 Kings 22:41-44; 2 Chronicles 17:1; Matthew 1:8
  • 2. 1 Kings 14:20
  • 3. 1 Kings 12:28-33; 1 Kings 13:33, 34
  • 4. 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:30, 34
  • 5. 1 Kings 14:14
  • 6. Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23; 1 Kings 16:15
  • 7. 1 Kings 14:9-16
  • 8. 1 Kings 15:26
  • 9. 1 Kings 14:19
  • 10. 1 Kings 15:16
  • 11. 1 Kings 15:26

Footnotes 1

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