1 Kings 15:16-22

Asa Reigns In Judah

16 n And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 o Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and p built Ramah, q that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold r that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house and gave them into the hands of his servants. s And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, t who lived in Damascus, saying, 19 "Let there be u a covenant 1 between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me." 20 And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered v Ijon, w Dan, x Abel-beth-maacah, and all y Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And when Baasha heard of it, z he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in a Tirzah. 22 Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them King Asa built b Geba of Benjamin and c Mizpah.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:32
    And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:17 - 22
    Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
    2 Chronicles 16:1 - 6
    In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:21 - 22
    And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:27
    If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:26
    He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 12:18
    Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:24
    And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 16:7
    At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:29
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
  10. Cross References
    Judges 18:29
    And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was Laish at the first.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 20:14
    And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him in.
    2 Kings 15:29
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 11:2
    And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:17
    Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:17
    Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
    1 Kings 16:6
    And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.
    1 Kings 16:9
    But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 21:17
    Then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands.
  16. Cross References
    Joshua 18:26
    Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah.
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