1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
third	שָׁלֹ֔שׁ sha.Losh	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular absolute
year	בִּשְׁנַ֣ת bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Asa	לְאָסָ֖א le.'a.Sa'	H609	Asa · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
Baasha	בַּעְשָׁ֨א ba'.Sha'	H1201	Basha · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahijah	אֲחִיָּ֤ה 'a.chi.Yah	H281	Achijah · proper noun, a man's name
reign	מָ֠לַךְ Ma.lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Tirzah	בְּתִרְצָ֔ה be.tir.Tzah	H8656	Tirtsah · preposition + proper noun, a place name
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
four	וְאַרְבַּ֖ע ve.'ar.Ba'	H702	four · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנָֽה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:25–end

We are now to take a view of the miserable state of Israel, while the kingdom of Judah was happy under Asa's good government. It was threatened that they should be as a reed shaken in the water (Kg1 14:15), and so they were, when, during the single reign of Asa, the government of their kingdom was in six or seven different hands, as we find in this and the following chapter. Jeroboam was upon the throne in the beginning of his reign and Ahab at the end of it, and between them were Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Tibni, and Omri, undermining and destroying one another. This they got by deserting the house both of God and of David. Here we have, 1. The ruin and extirpation of the family of Jeroboa…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:29

when he reigned, he smote all the house of Jeroboam--It was according to a barbarous practice too common in the East, for a usurper to extirpate all rival candidates for the throne; but it was an accomplishment of Ahijah's prophecy concerning Jeroboam (Kg1 14:10-11). Next: 1 Kings Chapter 16

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:32

There was war - See on Kg1 15:16 (note).

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:33

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah,.... Which is repeated, partly to observe that the whole kingdom submitted to him, though an usurper and murderer, and the place where he kept his court, as also the time of his reign, as follows: twenty four years; which were as long as both Jeroboam and his son reigned.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 15:33–end

The Reign of Baasha is described very briefly according to its duration (two years) and its spirit, namely, the attitude of Baasha towards the Lord (Kg1 15:34); there then follow in Kg1 16:1-4 the words of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani (Ch2 16:7), concerning the extermination of the family of Baasha; and lastly, in Kg1 16:5-7, his death is related with the standing allusion to the annals of the kings. The words of Jehu concerning Baasha (Kg1 16:1-4) coincide exactly mutatis mutandis with the words of Ahijah concerning Jeroboam. (Note: "There was something very strange in the perversity and stolidity of the kings of Israel, that when they saw that the families of preceding kings were ev…

Dictionary and topics

Ahiah, Or Ahijah — (friend of Jehovah).
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…
Chronology — Is the arrangement of facts and events in the order of time. The writers of the Bible themselves do not adopt any standard era according to which they date events. Sometimes the years are reckoned,…
Israel, Kingdom of — (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely…
Ahijah · 8. Father of Baasha — 8. Father of Baasha
Baasha · King of Israel — King of Israel
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 15:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:32

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:33

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 15:33–end

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 15:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 15:32

John Gill on 1 Kings 15:33

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 15:33–end

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 15:32-34

Rashi on 1 Kings 15:33