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1 Kings Chapter Fifteen

 

1 Kings 15 Outline of Contents

Abijam Reigns in Judah (v.1~8)

Asa Reigns in Judah (v.9~24)

Nadab Reigns in Israel (v.25~32)

Baasha Reigns in Israel (v.33~34)

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam 1 Kings 15:1 and of Asa 1 Kings 14:9 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 1 Kings 15:25.

 

1 Kings 15:1   In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat Abijam became king over Judah.

   YLT  1And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat reigned hath Abijam over Judah;

Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. That is began to reign; and by this it appears that Rehoboam was in the eighteenth year of his reign when he died for he and Jeroboam began their reign at the same time.

 

1 Kings 15:2   2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

   YLT  2three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom;

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem .... And three only; his reign was short and indeed not three full years only one whole year and part of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentieth of Jeroboam 1 Kings 15:9 so that he reigned part of his eighteenth this whole nineteenth and part of his twentieth:

and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; called Absalom 2 Chronicles 11:20 generally supposed by the Jews to be Absalom the son of David and which may seem not improbable since his other two wives were of his father's family 2 Chronicles 11:18. Josephus saysF17Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 1. she was the daughter of Tamar the daughter of Absalom and so his granddaughter; and which may account for her being called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah 2 Chronicles 13:2 since the difference between Maachah and Michaiah is not very great; and Uriel might he the name of Tamar's husband; though it is most likely that both father and daughter had two names; she seems to be mentioned here to observe that she was the cause and means of her son's disagreeable walk as follows see 1 Kings 15:13.

 

1 Kings 15:3   3 And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God as was the heart of his father David.

   YLT  3and he walketh in all the sins of his father that he did before him and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God as the heart of David his father;

And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had done before him .... Having such bad examples as both parents to copy after; it chiefly respects idolatrous practices see 1 Kings 14:23

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he did profess the true God and worshipped him but not wholly and only and sincerely; he worshipped other gods besides him: and so his heart was not

as the heart of David his father; who was a sole and sincere worshipper of God never departed from him and his service.

 

1 Kings 15:4   4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem;

   YLT  4but for David's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem

Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem .... A kingdom there as the Targum splendid and glorious to be continued in his posterity: to set up his son after him; in it:

and to establish Jerusalem: to continue that in which the temple was for the sake of which and the worship of God in it there was a succession of David's posterity on the throne of Judah.

 

1 Kings 15:5   5 because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

   YLT  5in that David did that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite;

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord .... With respect to worship: and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life; especially in matters of religion nor even in his moral walk and conversation deliberately studiously and with design:

save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite; the killing of him and other sins which led on to it and were in connection with it; Abarbinel thinks because the affair of Bathsheba is not mentioned that was not reckoned to David as a sin; but no doubt it was and is included here.

 

1 Kings 15:6   6 And there was war between Rehoboam[a] and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

   YLT  6and war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Not the days of Rehoboam though that was true and is observed 1 Kings 14:30 but all the days of Abijam before he came to the throne and in which when a young man he was concerned and which still continued between him and Jeroboam; though some think he is called by his father's name as Rehoboam is called David 1 Kings 12:16.

 

1 Kings 15:7   7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

   YLT  7And the rest of the matters of Abijam and all that he did are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam;

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Which seem to be written by Iddo the prophet see 2 Chronicles 13:22

and there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam; and a famous pitched battle between them we read of in 2 Chronicles 13:3.

 

1 Kings 15:8   8 So Abijam rested with his fathers and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.

   YLT  8and Abijam lieth with his fathers and they bury him in the city of David and reign doth Asa his son in his stead.

And Abijam slept with his fathers .... That is died as they did:

and they buried him in the city of David in the sepulchre of his royal ancestors David Solomon and Rehoboam:

and Asa his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps was the eldest of his twenty two sons 2 Chronicles 13:21.

 

1 Kings 15:9   9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel Asa became king over Judah.

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. How this is to be accounted for See Gill on 1 Kings 15:2.

 

1 Kings 15:10   10 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

   YLT  10and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom.

And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem .... Being a good king had the blessing of a long reign and reached and even exceeded the years of the reigns of David and Solomon:

and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; that is the name of his grandmother see 1 Kings 15:2 she is called his mother not because she brought him forth but because she brought him up; and this is observed to his commendation that though he was educated by an idolatrous woman yet was not corrupted by her as his father was.

 

1 Kings 15:11   11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as did his father David.

   YLT  11And Asa doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah like David his father

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord as did David his father. In his personal walk and conversation in his government of the nation and especially in the matters of his God and of religion he made David his pattern and example to copy after.

 

1 Kings 15:12   12 And he banished the perverted persons[b] from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

   YLT  12and removeth the whoremongers out of the land and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

And he took away the Sodomites out of the land .... Which were in the times of Rehoboam 1 Kings 14:24 and continued in his father's reign; those he took away either by driving them out of the land or by putting them to death according to the law of God Leviticus 20:13 even as many of them as he had knowledge of for some remained see 1 Kings 22:46

and removed all the idols that his fathers had made; or suffered to be made as Solomon Rehoboam and Abijam see 1 Kings 11:7.

 

1 Kings 15:13   13 Also he removed Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah.[c] And Asa cut down her obscene image and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

   YLT  13and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron;

And also Maachah his mother even her he removed from being queen .... From the kingdom as the Targum; from having any share in the government as she might have had during his minority his mother being dead as some conjecture; and not only took away her power and authority but all the ensigns of it and perhaps forbid her the court: or he removed her from the queen his own wife that she might not be corrupted by her; or rather it was from presiding over the rites of the idol next mentioned and the worshipping of it:

because she had made an idol in a grove; which had its name from horror and trembling; either because it was of a terrible aspect or injected horror into its worshippers or brought terrible calamities and judgments upon them: according to some Jewish writersF18T. Bab. Avodah Zarah fol. 44. 1. it was a Priapus of an obscene figure; and so othersF19Vid. D. Herbert de Cherbury de Relig. Gent. c. 4. p. 34. Lyram in loc. who suppose she presided over the sacred rites of this impure deity the same with Baalpeor; and the Heathens used to place Priapus in their gardensF20"----custos es pauperis horti" Virgil. Bucol. Ecl. 7. ver. 34. & Georgic. l. 4. ver. 110. "----furum aviumque maxima formido" Horat. Sermon. l. 1. ode 8. to fright away birds; see Gill on Jeremiah 49:16 others take it to be Pan from whence the word "Panic" used for any great fright:

and Asa destroyed her idol and burnt it by the brook Kidron: and cast the ashes of it into it that none might have any profit by it the gold and silver on it and in indignation to it see Exodus 32:20.

 

1 Kings 15:14   14 But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the Lord all his days.

   YLT  14and the high places have not turned aside; only the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days

But the high places were not removed .... That is such as had been used for the worship of God before the temple was built which yet now should have been removed since sacrifice was now only to be offered there; but he might think they were still lawful or the people had such an opinion of them that it was difficult and dangerous to attempt to remove them; otherwise high places for idolatry were removed by him 2 Chronicles 14:3

nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect all his days; he was sincere in the worship of God and did everything to the best of his knowledge and capacity for restoring true religion and destroying idolatry.

 

1 Kings 15:15   15 He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father had dedicated and the things which he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.

   YLT  15and he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father and his own sanctified things to the house of Jehovah silver and gold and vessels.

And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated .... The spoils he had taken in war from Jeroboam and which he had devoted to religious uses but lived not to perform his vows which his son now did for him; so that it seems notwithstanding the sins he fell into he had some regard to God and his worship see 2 Chronicles 13:19.

and the things which himself had dedicated; out of the spoils taken from the Ethiopians 2 Chronicles 14:13 these he brought into the house of the Lord silver and gold and vessels; of various sorts.

 

1 Kings 15:16   16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

   YLT  16And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days: That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many years before Asa and this must be reckoned from the time the war began between them. Baasha did not begin his reign until the third year of Asa 1 Kings 15:25 and in the first ten years of Asa's reign the land was quiet and free from war 2 Chronicles 14:1 of which there must be seven in the reign of Baasha who is here made mention of out of course for Nadab reigned before him 1 Kings 15:25 the reason of which Abarbinel thinks is that the historian having given an account of the good deeds of Asa relates his failings before he proceeds to the other part of his history.

 

1 Kings 15:17   17 And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

   YLT  17and Baasha king of Israel goeth up against Judah and buildeth Ramah not to permit any one going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.

And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah .... Which in 2 Chronicles 16:1 is said to be in the thirty sixth year of Asa's reign or rather of his kingdom; for it can never mean the year of his reign for Baasha was dead many years before that since his reign began in the third of Asa and he reigned but twenty four years and therefore must die in the twenty seventh of Asa; but it is to be understood of the kingdom of Judah when it was divided from Israel; from that time to this were thirty six years seventeen under Rehoboam three under Abijam so that this year must be the sixteenth of Asa; thus it is calculated in the Jewish chronologyF21Seder Olam Rabba c. 16. and which is followed by many of the best of our chronologers:

and built Ramah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin Joshua 18:25 but taken by the king of Israel which he rebuilt or fortified:

that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah; that his people might not go to and from Jerusalem and worship at the temple there; this garrison lying on the borders of both kingdoms he thought hereby to cut off all communication between them.

 

1 Kings 15:18   18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion king of Syria who dwelt in Damascus saying

   YLT  18And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the house of the king and giveth them into the hand of his servants and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who is dwelling in Damascus saying

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house .... What was left untaken away by Shishak king of Egypt 1 Kings 14:26 or what he had put there dedicated by his father and himself 1 Kings 15:15 and be they either they were not to be taken especially the treasures of the house of the Lord and put to profane use and particularly to such bad purposes as these were:

and delivered them into the hands of his servants: to be disposed of as next directed:

and King Asa sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimon the son of Hezion king of Syria that dwelt at Damascus; according to some chronologersF23Usher. Annal. A. M. 3064. Marsham. Canon. Chron. Seculum 13. p. 346. Hezion the grandfather of this Benhadad is the same with Rezon the first king of Damascus 1 Kings 11:23 who was succeeded by Tabrimon and he by Benhadad:

saying: as follows.

 

1 Kings 15:19   19 Let there be a treaty between you and me as there was between my father and your father. See I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.”

   YLT  19`A covenant [is] between me and thee between my father and thy father; lo I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold; go break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel and he goeth up from off me.'

There is a league between me and thee and between my father and thy father .... For though Hezion if he is the same with Rezon was an adversary to Israel in the days of Solomon 1 Kings 11:25 yet it seems his son was not but was a confederate with the kings of Israel and Judah:

behold I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; taken out of the treasury of the temple and his own treasury:

come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel that he may depart from me; it was sinful in him to take the money out of the temple to which it was dedicated; it was more so to make use of it to bribe an Heathen to break his covenant and alliance with another in order to serve him; in which he betrayed great distrust of the Lord and of his power to help him; which was the more aggravated when he had had such a wonderful appearance of God for him against the Ethiopians see 2 Chronicles 16:7.

 

1 Kings 15:20   20 So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon Dan Abel Beth Maachah and all Chinneroth with all the land of Naphtali.

   YLT  20And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel and smiteth Ijon and Dan and Abel-Beth-Maachah and all Chinneroth besides all the land of Naphtali;

So Benhadad hearkened unto King Asa and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel .... He broke off his alliance with the king of Israel; and as he had a standing army with proper officers he sent them directly to take the cities of Israel:

and he smote Ijon and Dan and Abelbethmaachah and all Cinneroth with all the land of Naphtali; places which lay on the northern part of Israel the nearest to Syria. Ijon some place in the tribe of Naphtali others in Asher; it seems to be on the extreme border of the land northward as Dan also was; hence the phrase from Dan to Beersheba i.e. from north to south. Abelbethmaachah is the same with Abelmaim 2 Chronicles 16:4 which perhaps is the same with that Abela placed by JeromeF24De loc. Heb. fol. 83. K. between Damascus and Paneas supposed to be the Enhydra of PlinyF25Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. . Cinneroth is the same with Gennesaret a fruitful country in Galilee from which is a sea or lake of that name mentioned in the New Testament and was in the tribe of Naphtali the land of which was seized upon at this time.

 

1 Kings 15:21   21 Now it happened when Baasha heard it that he stopped building Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

   YLT  21and it cometh to pass at Baasha's hearing that he ceaseth from building Ramah and dwelleth in Tirzah.

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.

 

1 Kings 15:22   22 Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

   YLT  22And king Asa hath summoned all Judah -- there is none exempt -- and they lift up the stones of Ramah and its wood that Baasha hath built and king Asa buildeth with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah .... Summoned men of all sorts ranks and degrees:

(none was exempted;) the JewsF26Jarchi & Kimchi in loc. say not so much as a newly married man whom the law excused from war the first year nor the disciples of the wise men:

and they took away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof wherewith Baasha had builded; or fortified the place; these; the men of Judah whom Asa summoned carried off:

and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah; which were both in the tribe of Benjamin and which he fortified Joshua 18:24.

 

1 Kings 15:23   23 The rest of all the acts of Asa all his might all that he did and the cities which he built are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

   YLT  23And the rest of all the matters of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities that he built are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet;

The rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Some of which are to be met with in the canonical book of that name 2 Chronicles 14:1 and others in the annals of the kings out of which the Scripture account was taken:

nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet; seized with the gout as the Jews sayF1T. Bab. Sanhedrin fol. 48. 2. So Clemens of Alexandria Stromat. l. 1. p. 326. and which was two years before his death see 2 Chronicles 16:12.

 

1 Kings 15:24   24 So Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

   YLT  24and Asa lieth with his fathers and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father and Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead.

And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father .... In a sepulchre there he himself had made and in great pomp and solemnity being laid on a bed filled with sweet odours and spices prepared according to art and which were burned for him 2 Chronicles 16:14

and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead; a very pious and worthy prince.

 

1 Kings 15:25   25 Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah and he reigned over Israel two years.

   YLT  25And Nadab son of Jeroboam hath reigned over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah and he reigneth over Israel two years

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah .... Before Baasha did:

and reigned over Israel two years not two whole years; for he began in the second of Asa and in the third of that king's reign Baasha slew him and reigned in his stead 1 Kings 15:28.

 

1 Kings 15:26   26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

   YLT  26and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah and goeth in the way of his father and in his sin that he made Israel to sin.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord .... Committed idolatry than which nothing is a greater evil in his sight:

and walked in the way of his father and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin: in making and worshipping of golden calves.

 

1 Kings 15:27   27 Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon which belonged to the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

   YLT  27And conspire against him doth Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar and Baasha smiteth him in Gibbethon which [is] to the Philistines -- and Nadab and all Israel are laying siege against Gibbethon –

And Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar .... A man of that tribe; but who he was or his father is nowhere else said very probably an officer in Nadab's army:

conspired against him; laid a scheme to take away his life and seize the kingdom:

and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon; a city in the tribe of Dan Joshua 19:44.

which belongeth to the Philistines; it was a city given to the Levites Joshua 21:23 and they being driven from it by Jeroboam the Philistines seized on it or had heretofore made a conquest of it; and Nadab was desirous of getting it out of their hands and therefore besieged it as follows:

for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon; and while he was besieging it Baasha took the opportunity to slay him where his carcass lay exposed to dogs or fowls of the air and had no burial as Ahijah predicted 1 Kings 14:11.

 

1 Kings 15:28   28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

   YLT  28yea Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigneth in his stead.

Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him and reigned in his stead. Which seems to be his only or chief view in slaying him to get possession of his kingdom.

 

1 Kings 15:29   29 And it was so when he became king that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed until he had destroyed him according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite

   YLT  29And it cometh to pass at his reigning he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite

And it came to pass when he reigned that he smote all the house of Jeroboam .... That he might have no rival or any that could pretend any title to the crown:

he left not Jeroboam any that breathed until he had destroyed him according to the saying of the Lord which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite; not that his intention in destroying Jeroboam's family was to fulfil that prophecy but so it was eventually; see 1 Kings 14:10.

 

1 Kings 15:30   30 because of the sins of Jeroboam which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

   YLT  30because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he caused Israel to sin by his provocation with which he provoked to anger Jehovah God of Israel.

Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he made Israel sin by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel. Not that Baasha destroyed the family of Jeroboam because of his sins which did so much mischief to Israel and were so provoking to the Lord from any dislike or hatred of them for he walked in the same 1 Kings 15:34 but the Lord threatened this by his prophet and suffered it to be done because of his abominations.

 

1 Kings 15:31   31 Now 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?

   YLT  31And the rest of the matters of Nadab and all that he did are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did .... In his short reign which yet were more than here related:

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? in which those of his father Jeroboam were written 1 Kings 14:19.

 

1 Kings 15:32   32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

   YLT  32And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. For being a wicked man and an idolater Asa had no respect for him though he had slain the family of Jeroboam; nor had Baasha any regard to Judah nor to the worship of God at Jerusalem so that there was no good understanding between them but frequent acts of hostility see 1 Kings 15:16.

 

1 Kings 15:33   33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah and reigned twenty-four years.

   YLT  33In the third year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Baasha son of Ahijah over all Israel in Tirzah twenty and four years

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.

 

1 Kings 15:34   34 He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

   YLT  34and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah and walketh in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord .... As Nadab did whom he slew:

and walked in the way of Jeroboam; whose family he destroyed:

and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin; in worshipping the golden calves; so that it was not out of dislike to idolatry but out of malice and ambition that he slew the family of Jeroboam.

 

──John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

 

New King James Version (NKJV)

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 15:6 Following Masoretic Text Septuagint Targum and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac read Abijam.
  2. 1 Kings 15:12 Hebrew qedeshim that is those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
  3. 1 Kings 15:13 A Canaanite goddess