Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. Ver. 1. _Reigned Abijam._] Called also Abijah. 2Ch 12:16 Abijah signifieth, The Lord is my father: so his father called him, likely, with respect to that promise made to David; 2Sa 7:14 but because he walked not... [ Continue Reading ]
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. Ver. 2. His mother's name was Maachah.] Called also Micalah; 2Ch 13:2 we read likewise of a woman called Abijah. 2Ch 29:1 _ The daughter of Abishalom._] Or, Absalom, whose daughter or niece by his... [ Continue Reading ]
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Ver. 3. _And he walked in all the sins._] Though at first he seemed to be somewhat good, 2Ch 13:12 yet soon after he showed himself in hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: Ver. 4. _Did the Lord his God give him a lamp._] That is, A royal glory in a successor.... [ Continue Reading ]
Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. Ver. 5. _And turned not aside from anything,_] _i.e., _ Of set purpose, against conseience, with any... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Ver. 6. _And there was war._] See 1 Kings 14:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 7. _And there was war._] Sharp wars, 2Ch 13:3 by a just hand of God upon both those kingdoms for their idolatry. A... [ Continue Reading ]
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 8. _And Asa his son reigned._] This was a good king. But it is wonder how he should be good, of the seed of Abijam, of the soil of Maachah, both wicked, both idolatrous. Thus we h... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. Ver. 9. _And in the twentieth year._] See on 1 Kings 14:31 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. Ver. 10. _And forty and one years reigned he._] His father Abijam was soon cut off for his wickedness: Asa, that he might reform a state so far out of order, had a long reign granted him... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father. Ver. 11. _And Asa did that which was right._] Right, for the matter of his obedience; uprightly, for the manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. Ver. 12. _And he took away the sodomites._] See 1 Kings 14:24. How far from this zeal of good Asa was Pope Sixtus Quartus, _qui lupanar utriusque Veneris Romae condidit, et tribus mensibus anni cali... [ Continue Reading ]
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron. Ver. 13. _From being queen._] Queen regent, or queen mother at least. _Ne Domina esset,_ so the Tigurine; _ne princeps esset... [ Continue Reading ]
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. Ver. 14. _But the high places were not removed,_] _sc., _ Such as were set up for the worship of God; for as for those that were set up in honour of idols, he removed them. But he should have done... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. Ver. 15. _And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated,_] viz., After his great victory over Jeroboam, 2Ch 13:15 though... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Ver. 16. _And there was war._] See on 1 Kings 14:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 17. _That he might not suffer any._] He sought to block him up, and so to keep his own people - who had a mind to the sincere service of God - from flying a... [ Continue Reading ]
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, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Dama... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kings 15:19 [There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. Ver. 19. _Come and break thy league._] Thus, through unbelief,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Naphtali. Ver. 20. _So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa._] Though against his oath. The Turks' lea... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [thereof], that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. Ver. 21. _And dwelt._] Seeking no further revenge against Asa.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. _Ver. 22 And Mizpah._] Where also he had made a great pit or trench,... [ Continue Reading ]
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? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. Ver. 23. _He was diseased in his feet._] He that i... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 24. _And Jehoshaphat._] _Sic uno avulso non deficit alter Aureus._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years._ Ver. 25. _And reigned over Israel two years._] Two years peaceably, and eight years in affliction, saith Vatablus; but the truth is, he reigned not two full years i... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. Ver. 26. _And he did evil._] See on 1 Kings 14:23 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. Ver. 27. _Which belonged to the Philistines._] _Sed quo iure?_ They had gotten it; but the right o... [ Continue Reading ]
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. Ver. 28. _Did Baasha slay him._] Casting out his body to the dogs to be devoured, as Ahijah had forethreatened.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: Ver. 29. _According to the saying of the Lord._] The ful... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to anger. Ver. 30. _Because of the sins._] Sin is the mother of misery. Jeroboam by idolatry thought to have established his kingdom, but he ruined it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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? Ver. 31. _Now the rest._] See 1 Kings 14:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Ver. 32. _And there was war._] See 1 Kings 15:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 33. _Over all Israel._] Who soon submitted to the usurper.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. Ver. 34. _And he did evil._] See on 1 Kings 14:23 .... [ Continue Reading ]