1 Kings 15:21

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Baasha	בַּעְשָׁ֔א ba'.Sha'	H1201	Basha · proper noun, a man's name
heard	כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ kish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
off	וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל vai.yech.Dal	H2308	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
building	מִבְּנ֖וֹת mi.be.Not	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Ramah	הָֽרָמָ֑ה ha.ra.Mah	H7414	Ramah · definite article + proper noun, a place name
dwelt	וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Tirzah	בְּתִרְצָֽה be.tir.Tzah	H8656	Tirtsah · preposition + proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 14:17 And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
1 Kings 16:15-18 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, wh…
1 Kings 15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
Song of Solomon 6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, Kg1 15:10. In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally long, but that of the bad kings short, the consideration of which will make the state of God's church not altogether so bad within that period as it appears at first sight. Length of days is in Wisdom's right hand. Honour thy father, much more thy heavenly Father, that thy days may be long…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:18

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the . . . house of the Lord--Asa's religious character is now seen to decline. He trusted not in the Lord (Ch2 16:7). In this emergency Asa solicited the powerful aid of the king of Damascene-Syria; and to bribe him to break off his alliance with Baasha, he transmitted to him the treasure lying in the temple and palace. The Syrian mercenaries were gained. Instances are to be found, both in the ancient and modern history of the East, of the violation of treaties equally sudden and unscrupulous, through the presentation of some tempting bribe. Ben-hadad poured an army into the northern provinces of Israel, and having captured some cit…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:21

Dwelt in Tirzah - This seems to have been the royal city; see Kg1 15:33, and Kg1 14:17; and in this Baasha was probably obliged to shut himself up.

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:21

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof,.... What was doing in the northern part of his kingdom: that he left off building of Ramah; which was the thing designed to be answered by this diversion: and dwelt in Tirzah; in the tribe of Manasseh, nearer at hand, to observe and stop the motions of the Syrian king.

Dictionary and topics

Baasha — Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he…
Rama — (Matt. 2:18), the Greek form of Ramah. (1.) A city first mentioned in Josh. 18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). Asa, king of…
Tirza — Pleasantness. (1.) An old royal city of the Canaanites, which was destroyed by Joshua (Josh. 12:24). Jeroboam chose it for his residence, and he removed to it from Shechem, which at first he made the…
Asa · 1. King of — 1. King of
Baasha · King of Israel — King of Israel
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Asa — Who reigned over Judah: Asa
Ramah · Asa — Asa
Tirzah · .Becomes the resi — .Becomes the resi

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 15:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:18

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:21

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:21

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 15:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:18

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:21

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:21

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 15:9-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 15:20-22

Rashi on 1 Kings 15:14