1 Kings 15:21

1 Kings 15:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
• New International Version (NIV)When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

Context of 1 Kings 15:21

19Asa sent this message to Ben-Hadad: ‘We should make an agreement to be friends, as our fathers did. I am sending you this gift of silver and gold. Please stop being friends with Baasha, king of Israel. If you no longer help him, he will have to take his soldiers out of my country.’ 20Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa asked him to do. He sent his army with its leaders to attack towns in Israel. They won the battles at Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maakah, as well as the region of Kinnereth and the land of Naphtali. When King Baasha heard this news, he stopped the work in Ramah. He left there and he went to live in Tirzah. 22Then King Asa commanded all the men in Judah to do some hard work. Everyone had to do this: They must carry away from Ramah all the big stones and the wood that Baasha had been using there. Then King Asa used those things to make Geba (in Benjamin's land) and Mizpah strong towns again. 23The other things that happened while Asa was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about Asa's power and all the great things that he did. It also tells about the cities that he built. When Asa became an old man he had a disease in his feet.

1 Kings 15:21 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ בַּעְשָׁ֔א וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל מִבְּנ֖וֹת אֶת־הָֽרָמָ֑ה וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּתִרְצָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when Baashaבַּעְשָׁאba‛shâ' · BaashaH1201
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• that he left offחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• of Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414
• and dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in Tirzahתִּרְצָהtirtsâh · TirzahH8656

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:21

• 2 Chronicles 16:5When King Baasha heard this news, he stopped the work in Ramah and he went away.
• 1 Kings 14:17Then Jeroboam's wife left Ahijah's house. She went back to Tirzah. When she walked through the door of her house, the boy died.
• 1 Kings 16:15When Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years, Zimri became king of Israel. He ruled as king in Tirzah for seven days. When Zimri killed King Elah, Israel's army was attacking a Philistine town called Gibbethon.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Dwelt in Tirzah - This seems to have been the royal city; see 1 Kings 15:33, and 1 Kings 14:17; and in this Baasha was probably obliged to shut himself up.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-24Verses 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, and a great deal he found to do. When Asa found idolatry in the court, he rooted it out thence. Reformation must begin at home. Asa honours and respects his mother; he loves her well, but he loves God better. Those that have power are happy when thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22Because King Asa asked for help, the war with Baasha soon favored Asa. Ben-hadad quickly took over parts of northern Israel and secured key trade routes. This forced Baasha to stop his activities in Ramah to address the crisis in the north. Asa reclaimed Ramah and used its materials to strengthen other important border towns against Baasha's future actions.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:21

• Asa
• Baasha
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Ramah
• Tirzah

In the dictionaries

• Baasha
• Ramah
• Tirzah
• Proclamation
• Rama
• Tirza
• Abishag
• Asa
• Judah, Territory of
• Nothing

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings