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.
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon. This town, within the tribe of Dan, was given to the Levites (Joshua 19:44). It lay on the Philistine borders, and having been seized by that people, Nadab laid siege to recover it.
Verse 27. _SMOTE HIM AT GABBETHON_] This was a city in the tribe of Dan, and generally in the possession of the Philistines....
BAASHA ... OF THE HOUSE OF ISSACHAR - It is curious to find Issachar furnishing a king. Tola, its one very undistinguished Judge Judges 10:1, on obtaining office had at once settled himself in the ter...
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 ...
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...
_of the house of Issachar_ Jeroboam's family was of the tribe of Ephraim (1 Kings 11:26), and it may have been some tribal jealousy which led a man of Issachar to exterminate the whole family of Jerob...
AND BAASHA, THE SON OF AHIJAH— See note on 1 Kings 15:2 of the next chapter. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Asa succeeded to the throne of Israel in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, and reigned long and successful...
II. THE KINGS OF ISRAEL 15:25-16:34 (910-870 B.C.) Chronologically 1 Kings 15:25 to 1 Kings 16:34 is parallel to 1 Kings 15:9-24. To state the matter differently, the reigns of Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zi...
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...
GIBBETHON] within the territory assigned to Dan (Joshua 19:44). The Philistines, who had been crushed by David, now that the Hebrew kingdoms were in conflict, once more began to move....
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...
BAASHA, sprung from an obscure tribe, hardly at any time distinguished in the history, and himself, as it would seem (1 Kings 16:2), of low origin in it, is the first of the many military chiefs who b...
וַ יִּקְשֹׁ֨ר עָלָ֜יו בַּעְשָׁ֤א בֶן ־אֲחִיָּה֙...
NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 16:1 "Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together." - Matthew 24:28 JEROBOAM slept with his fathers and went to his own place...
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...
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...
_Gebbethon, of the tribe of Dan, occupied by the Philistines. It was often attacked, chap. xvi. 15. (Calmet) --- The occasion of this war is not known. (Menochius)_...
(25) В¶ 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. (26) And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked i...
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...
_TWO BAD KINGS_ ‘And Nadab reigned over Israel two years.’ ‘Baasha reigned in his stead.’ 1 Kings 15:25 I. NO DOUBT THE REFORMS WHICH ASA INSTITUTED IN THE SOUTH SERVED TO MAKE JEROBOAM MORE DETERM...
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...
AND BAASHA THE SON OF AHIJAH, OF THE HOUSE OF ISSACHAR,.... A man of that tribe; but who he was, or his father, is nowhere else said, very probably an officer in Nadab's army: CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM;...
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....
_Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines_ This was a city in the tribe of Dan, given to the Levites, (Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23,) who quitted it, as they did the rest of thei...
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...
And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha, who was probably an army chief, SMOTE HIM AT GIBBETHON, WHICH BELONGED TO THE PHULISTINES, having been retak...
THE RULE OF NADAD AND BAASHA IN ISRAEL...
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...
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. Divin...
OF THE HOUSE OF ISSACHAR, i.e. of the tribe, which is oft called a house, as JUDGES 10:9 PSALMS 135:20 HOSEA 1:7. Which belonged to the Philistines; who, taking advantage of the division between Israe...
1 Kings 15:27 Baasha H1201 son H1121 Ahijah H281 house H1004 Issachar H3485 conspired H7194 (H8799) Baasha H1201 k
THE REIGN OF NADAB OF ISRAEL C.910-908 BC (1 KINGS 15:25). Nadab was the son of Jeroboam following the proclamation of Ahijah the prophet that God would cut off the house of Jeroboam. He was thus doom...
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...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:25 From Nadab to Ahab. The fulfillment of the prophecy against the house of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:10) has been delayed until God makes it
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:27. GIBBETHON, WHICH BELONGED TO THE PHILISTINES—A town given to the Levites (Joshua 19:44), situate within the tribe of Dan. 1 Kings 15:29. Smote all the...
EXPOSITION THE REIGNS OF NADAB, BAASHA, ELAH, ZIMRI, AND OMRI, KINGS OF ISRAEL.—After bringing up the history of the kings of Judah, which has engaged his pen since 1 Kings 14:21, to
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...
1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 15:16; 1 Kings 15:17; 1 Kings 16:15; 1