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Verse 1 Kings 15:20. _IJON, AND DAN, C._] He appears to have attacked
and taken those towns which constituted the principal strength of the
kingdom of Israel....
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Ijon is probably marked by the ruins called “Tel-Dibbin,” which
are situated a few miles northwest of the site of Dan, in a fertile
and beautiful little plain which bears the name of “Merj’ Ayun”
or “...
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4. KINGS OF ISRAEL
Chapter S 15:25-16
_ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_
2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1)
3. Elah, King of Israel ...
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3. ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Abijam of Judah (1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13)_
2. Asa of Judah (1 Kings 15:9;...
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ABIJAM AND ASA OF JUDAH, AND NADAB AND BAASHA OF ISRAEL. Abijam,
called Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:1), had a short and evil reign. It
would appear, notwithstanding 1 Kings 15:8, that he was succeeded by...
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HOSTS. forces.
IJON, &C. All in the neighbourhood of Gennesaret....
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_So_[R.V. AND] _Ben-hadad hearkened_ The conjunction is the simple
copulative, and is so rendered in the parallel place in Chronicles.
_the captains of the hosts which he had_ This is an attempt to
r...
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C. THE REFORMATION UNDER ASA 15:9-24
At the outset of his reign, Asa launched a national movement to bring
his people back to the old paths of fidelity to God. But as time went
on, Asa's religious fer...
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_SO BEN-HA'DAD HEARKENED UNTO KING ASA, AND SENT THE CAPTAINS OF THE
HOSTS WHICH HE HAD AGAINST THE CITIES OF ISRAEL, AND SMOTE IJON, AND
DAN, AND ABEL-BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND ALL CINNEROTH, WITH ALL THE L...
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THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, NADAB AND BAASHA
2. Abishalom] i.e. Absalom. In 2 Chronicles 13:2 his mother is called
Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, and if this is correct, Absalom was
probably her g...
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IJON, DAN, etc.] localities in the neighbourhood of Lake Merom and the
Sea of Galilee. CINNEROTH is the Gennesaret of the NT....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 15
ABIJAM’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH
V1 It was the 18th year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat. At this
time, Abijam became king of *Ju...
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SMOTE. — The portion smitten now, as hereafter in the Assyrian
invasion (2 Kings 15:29), is the mountain country near the source of
the Jordan, which lay most exposed to the great approach to Israel
f...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן־הֲדַ֜ד אֶל ־הַ
מֶּ֣לֶךְ אָ
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WARRING BRETHREN
1 Kings 15:16
We obtain a fuller view of the events described in the earlier part of
this passage by reference to 2 Chronicles 16:1. Asa's early piety,
which shone out in his drastic...
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In this chapter we have the continuation of a sad story in the
kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Under the reign of Abijam the process of
deterioration went rapidly forward. He walked in the sins of his
f...
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_Ahion, or Ain, remote in the north, whence Theglathphalasar took away
captives, (4 Kings xv. 29.) is perhaps the Enan of Ezechiel xlviii.
1., and Numbers xxxiv. 9. --- Maacha. In Paralipomenon, Abel-...
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(9) В¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned
Asa over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom....
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16.
In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only
one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of
God...
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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,...
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So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the
hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and
Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of...
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_And smote Ijon and Dan_, &c. He fell upon the northern part of the
kingdom of Israel, which was nearest to Damascus; while Baasha was
busy at Ramah, which was in the more southern part. _And dwelt in...
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1 Abiiams wicked reigne.
7 Asa succeedeth him.
9 Asas good reigne.
16 The warre betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to make a league
with Benhadad.
23 Iehoshaphat succeedeth Asa.
25 Nadabs wicke...
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So Benhadad, convinced, no doubt, by the large sum sent by Asa that he
was the richer and mightier ally, HEARKENED UNTO KING ASA, AND SENT
THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOSTS WHICH HE HAD AGAINST THE CITIES OF...
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THE RULE OF ASA IN JUDAH...
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ABIJAM'S MUCH SHORTER REIGN
(vs.1-8)
Though Rehoboam's reign was short, that of Abijam was much shorter,
only three years (v.2). His mother's name was Maacah, who must have
had no good influence ove...
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9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right
indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of
reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins,
a...
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1 Kings 15:20 Ben-Hadad H1130 heeded H8085 (H8799) King H4428 Asa H609
sent H7971 (H8799) captains H8269 armies...
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THE REIGN OF GOOD KING ASA OF JUDAH C. 911-870 BC (1 KINGS 15:9).
In Asa we have the first king following David who made a genuine
effort to turn the people back to YHWH. He removed the most blatant
e...
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CONTENTS: Accession of Abijam and Asa over Judah. War with Baasha.
League with Syria. Accession of Nadab over Israel and Baasha over
Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha, Ben-hadad.
C...
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1 Kings 15:4. _For David's sake;_ for the sake of the covenant which
God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their
father's mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:1 Abijam and Asa. The history of the
kings of Judah continues. Abijam (vv. 1 Kings 15:1) is a bad Judean
king. He follows the idolatry of the
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 15:17. BAASHA, KING OF ISRAEL—Third sovereign of the kingdom
of Israel, son of Ahijab, probably of lowly origin (chap. 1 Kings
16:2). BUILT RAMAH—In the tribal...
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EXPOSITION
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH.
_The Reign of Abijam_.
1 KINGS 15:1
NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, REIGNED
ABIJAM [see n
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And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his
heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of
David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave hi...
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1 Kings 12:29; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 20:15;...