1 Kings 15
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1 Kings 15:17-22

17BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 went to warH5927 againstH5921 JudahH3063 and fortifiedH1129 RamahH7414 to preventH1115H5414 anyone from leavingH3318 or entering the territory ofH935 AsaH609 kingH4428 of JudahH3063.

18So AsaH609 withdrewH3947 allH3605 the silverH3701 and goldH2091 that remainedH3498 in the treasuriesH214 of the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 andH853 the royalH4428 palaceH1004. He entrusted itH5414H3027 to his servantsH5650 and sent themH7971 with this messageH559 toH413 Ben-hadadH1130 sonH1121 of TabrimmonH2886, the sonH1121 of HezionH2383, the kingH4428 of AramH758, who was rulingH3427 in DamascusH1834: 19“Let there be a treatyH12851 between me and youH996 as there was betweenH996 my fatherH1H996 and your fatherH1. SeeH2009, I have sentH7971 you a giftH7810 of silverH3701 and goldH2091. Now goH1980 and breakH6565 your treatyH1285 withH854 BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, so that he will withdrawH5927 from meH5921.”

20And Ben-hadadH1130 listenedH8085 toH413 KingH4428 AsaH609 and sentH7971 the commandersH8269 of his armiesH2428 againstH5921 the citiesH5892 of IsraelH3478, conqueringH5221 IjonH5859, DanH1835, Abel-beth-maacahH59H1038, andH5921 the wholeH3605 landH776 of NaphtaliH5321, includingH853 the regionH3605 of ChinnerethH3672.

21WhenH1961 BaashaH1201 learned of thisH8085, he stoppedH2308 fortifyingH1129 RamahH7414 and withdrewH3427 to TirzahH8656. 22Then KingH4428 AsaH609 summonedH8085 allH3605 the men of JudahH3063,2 with noH369 exceptionsH5355, and they carried awayH5375 the stonesH68 of RamahH7414 and the timbersH6086 BaashaH1201 had used for buildingH1129. And with these materials KingH4428 AsaH609 built upH1129 GebaH1387 of BenjaminH1144, as well asH853 MizpahH4709.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 15:19 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; twice in this verse. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 15:22 Or Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah ↩

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