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Verse 1 Kings 15:22. _NONE WAS EXEMPTED_] Every man was obliged to go
and help to dismantle the fortress at Ramah which Baasha had built.
This was a general _levee en masse_ of the people: every one...
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Geba, situated opposite to Michmash 1 Samuel 14:5, is almost certainly
“Jeba,” which stands picturesquely on the top of its steep
terraced hill on the very edge of the “Wady Suweinit.” Its
position wa...
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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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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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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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_Asa made a proclamation throughout_[R.V. UNTO] _all Judah_ Literally
-caused all Judah to hear." The people, rather than the land, are
spoken of, as is shewn by the next words -none was exempted." Th...
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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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_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
G...
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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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GEBA.. MIZPAH] fortresses N. of Jerusalem....
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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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THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH. — Asa was not content to destroy or occupy the
hostile fortress, but pushed his own fortifications further on. Geba,
named in Joshua 21:17 as a city of the priests, in the territ...
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וְ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת
־כָּל
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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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Excused. "When the country is to be defended, all exemptions cease."
(Leg. ult.) (Calmet) --- Septuagint seem to preserve the terms of the
original untranslated, "Asa called all....to Annacim." Hebrew...
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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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THEN KING ASA MADE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH,.... Summoned
men of all sorts, ranks, and degrees:
(NONE WAS EXEMPTED;) the Jews z say, not so much as a newly married
man, whom the law excuse...
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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...
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_None were exempted_ All sorts of persons were obliged to come, except
those who were disabled by age, or infirmity, or absence, or by the
public service of the king and kingdom in other places. _Buil...
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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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Then King Asa, who was now free from the menace which had threatened
his country, MADE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL JUDAH, calling upon
all able-bodied men to help in this emergency; NONE WAS EXEMPTE...
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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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EXEMPTED:
_ Heb._ free...
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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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NONE WAS EXEMPTED; all sorts of persons were obliged to come, except
those who were disenabled by age, or infirmity, or absence, or by the
public service of the king and kingdom in other places. ASA B...
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1 Kings 15:22 King H4428 Asa H609 proclamation H8085 (H8689) Judah
H3063 exempted H5355 took H5375 (H8799) stones
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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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_They took away the stones of Ramah._
OLD MATERIAL FOR NEW BUILDINGS
The King of Israel went up against Judah and built the strong fortress
of Ramah, but the King of Judah strengthened himself by cal...
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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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None, &c. — All sorts of persons were obliged to come, except those
who were disabled by age, or infirmity, or absence, or by the public
service of the king and kingdom in other places. Built — Repair...