1 Kings 15:28

1 Kings 15:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
• New International Version (NIV)Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

Context of 1 Kings 15:28

26He did things that the Lord said were evil. He did the same bad things that his father had done. He also caused the Israelites to do bad things. 27Baasha decided to kill King Nadab. Baasha was Ahijah's son and he belonged to Issachar's tribe. This happened while Nadab and Israel's army were attacking Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines. Baasha killed King Nadab in the third year that Asa was king of Judah. Baasha became king of Israel instead of Nadab. 29When Baasha became king, he killed all Jeroboam's descendants. He did not leave anyone in Jeroboam's family alive. He killed them all. The Lord had already said that this would happen. He had given the message to his servant Ahijah, who was from Shiloh. 30This happened because of Jeroboam's sins, and the sins which he caused the Israelites to do. These sins had made the Lord, Israel's God, very angry.

1 Kings 15:28 word by word

וַיְמִתֵ֣הוּ בַעְשָׁ֔א בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even in the thirdשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• did Baashaבַּעְשָׁאba‛shâ' · BaashaH1201
• slayמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• him, and reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 1 Kings 15:28

• Deuteronomy 32:35When the right time comes, I will punish them as they deserve. They will suddenly fall and great trouble will quickly destroy them.’

Commentaries on 1 Kings 15:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-34Verses 25-34 During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is fully completed, the glorious…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29Baasha killed Nadab and all of Jeroboam's descendants, ending Israel's first family line of kings. Baasha's father was Ahijah, not to be confused with the prophet who predicted Jeroboam's family line of kings would end (1 Kings 11:29–39). Baasha's takeover was the first of several in Israel's history (for example, 1 Kings 16:9–10).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 15:28

• Baasha
• Government
• Homicide
• Nadab
• Regicide
• Usurpation

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Baasha
• Judah
• Nadab
• Proclamation
• Abishag
• Ahijah

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