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1 Kings 15:22

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 exempted; and they took away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof wherewith Baasha had builded, the building material which he had gathered there; and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah, the former being about two and a quarter and the latter some thirteen miles from Ramah. Thus he fortified this section of his kingdom.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GEBA.. MIZPAH] fortresses N. of Jerusalem....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ אָסָ֜א הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ אֶת ־כָּל

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EXEMPTED: _ Heb._ free...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 15:22 King H4428 Asa H609 proclamation H8085 (H8689) Judah H3063 exempted H5355 took H5375 (H8799) stones

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 7:5; 2 Chronicles 16:6; Jeremiah 40:10; Jeremiah 40:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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