1 Kings 15:23-33

23 Isn't everything else about Asa--all his heroic acts, everything he did, and the cities he fortified--written in the official records of the kings of Judah? But when he was old, he had a foot disease.
24 Asa lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor, David. His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.
25 Nadab, son of Jeroboam, began to rule Israel in Asa's second year as king of Judah. He ruled for two years.
26 He did what the LORD considered evil, living as his father did, leading Israel into the same sins.
27 Then Baasha, son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab. Baasha assassinated him in the Philistine city of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelite forces were attacking it.
28 The assassination happened in Asa's third year as king of Judah. Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel.
29 As soon as he was king, he killed everyone else in Jeroboam's family. He did not spare a soul, as the LORD had spoken through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.
30 This was because of Jeroboam's sins and the sins which he led Israel to commit. Those sins made the LORD God of Israel furious.
31 Isn't everything else about Nadab--everything he did--written in the official records of the kings of Israel?
32 There was war between Asa and Baasha as long as they lived.
33 In Asa's third year as king of Judah, Baasha, son of Ahijah, began to rule Israel in Tirzah. He ruled for 24 years.

1 Kings 15:23-33 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.

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