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Book of 1 Kings
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:1 JFB -> Commentary on 15:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 15:1 TSK -> Commentary on 15:1 TSK -> Entry for 15:1 WEN -> Notes on 15:1 NTB -> Abijam; Israel, Prophecies Concerning TTT -> Kings; Time EBD -> Abijah; Abijam; Baasha; Chronology 15:1 - [In Context] Abijah became the new king of Judah. This was during the 18th year that Jeroboam son of Nebat ruled Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:2 JFB -> Commentary on 15:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:2 TSK -> Commentary on 15:2 TSK -> Entry for 15:2 WEN -> Notes on 15:2 NTB -> Abijam; Abishalom; Absalom; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Maachah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Abijah; Maachah SBD -> Abishalom; Tamar 15:2 - [In Context] Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother's name was Maacah. She was Absalom's daughter.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:3 JFB -> Commentary on 15:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:3 TSK -> Commentary on 15:3 TSK -> Entry for 15:3 WEN -> Notes on 15:3 NTB -> Abijam; Children; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Rulers TTT -> Heart, Character of the Unrenewed; Kings EBD -> Abijah 15:3 - [In Context] He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. In this way, he was not like his grandfather, David.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:4 JFB -> Commentary on 15:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:4 TSK -> Commentary on 15:4 TSK -> Entry for 15:4 WEN -> Notes on 15:4 NTB -> Abijam; Children; Intercession; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jerusalem TTT -> Kings; Lamps EBD -> Abijah SBD -> Lamp 15:4 - [In Context] {The Lord loved David.} So for him, the Lord gave Abijah a kingdom in Jerusalem. And the Lord allowed him to have a son. The Lord also allowed Jerusalem to be safe. He did this for David.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:5 JFB -> Commentary on 15:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:5 TSK -> Commentary on 15:5 TSK -> Entry for 15:5 WEN -> Notes on 15:5 NTB -> Abijam; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Obedience; Uriah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Abijah 15:5 - [In Context] David had always done the right things that the Lord wanted. He had always obeyed the Lord's commands. The only time David did not obey the Lord was the time David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:6 JFB -> Commentary on 15:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:6 TSK -> Commentary on 15:6 TSK -> Entry for 15:6 WEN -> Notes on 15:6 NTB -> Abijam; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jeroboam TTT -> Kings EBD -> Abijah 15:6 - [In Context] Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always fighting a war against each other. F181
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:7 JFB -> Commentary on 15:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:7 TSK -> Commentary on 15:7 TSK -> Entry for 15:7 WEN -> Notes on 15:7 NTB -> Abijam; Israel; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jeroboam TTT -> Kings; War EBD -> Abijah; Abijam; Kings, The Books of SBD -> Kings, First and Second Books of 15:7 - [In Context] Everything else that Abijah did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Judah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam during the whole time that Abijah was king.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:8 JFB -> Commentary on 15:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:8 TSK -> Commentary on 15:8 TSK -> Entry for 15:8 WEN -> Notes on 15:8 NTB -> Abijam; Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning TTT -> Kings EBD -> Abijah; Abijam; Asa; Burial 15:8 - [In Context] When Abijah died he was buried in the City of David. F182 Abijah's son Asa became the new king after him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:9 JFB -> Commentary on 15:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:9 WEN -> Notes on 15:9 NTB -> Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning TTT -> Kings EBD -> Asa; Chronology 15:9 - [In Context] During Jeroboam's 20th year as king over Israel, Asa became king of Judah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:10 JFB -> Commentary on 15:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:10 TSK -> Commentary on 15:10 TSK -> Entry for 15:10 WEN -> Notes on 15:10 NTB -> Abishalom; Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Maachah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Asa SBD -> Abishalom 15:10 - [In Context] Asa ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah. And Maacah was the daughter of Absalom.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:11 JFB -> Commentary on 15:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:11 TSK -> Commentary on 15:11 TSK -> Entry for 15:11 WEN -> Notes on 15:11 NTB -> Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Maachah; Rulers; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Kings; Obedience to God EBD -> Asa; Father 15:11 - [In Context] Asa did the good things that the Lord said are right, like his ancestor F183 David did.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:12 JFB -> Commentary on 15:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:12 TSK -> Commentary on 15:12 TSK -> Entry for 15:12 WEN -> Notes on 15:12 NTB -> Asa; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Maachah; Rulers; Sodomites; Sodomy; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Idolatry; Kings EBD -> Asa; Sodomites 15:12 - [In Context] During that time there were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. Asa forced those men to leave the country. Asa also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:13 JFB -> Commentary on 15:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:13 TSK -> Commentary on 15:13 TSK -> Entry for 15:13 WEN -> Notes on 15:13 NTB -> Asa; Cedron; Groves; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Kidron; Maachah; Rulers; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Brooks; Idolatry; Kings EBD -> Asa; Idol; Kedron; Kidron; Queen SBD -> Maachah; Queen 15:13 - [In Context] Asa also removed his grandmother, Maacah, from being queen. Maacah had made one of those terrible images of the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down this terrible image. He burned it in Kidron Valley.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:14 JFB -> Commentary on 15:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 15:14 TSK -> Commentary on 15:14 TSK -> Entry for 15:14 WEN -> Notes on 15:14 NTB -> Asa; High Places; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Perfection; Rulers; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Kings EBD -> Asa 15:14 - [In Context] Asa did not destroy the high places, F184 but he was faithful to the Lord all his life.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:15 JFB -> Commentary on 15:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:15 TSK -> Commentary on 15:15 TSK -> Entry for 15:15 WEN -> Notes on 15:15 NTB -> Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Liberality; Rulers; Zeal, Religious TTT -> Gold; Kings; Silver 15:15 - [In Context] Asa and his father had given some things to God. They gave gifts of gold, silver, and other things. Asa put all those things in the temple.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:16 JFB -> Commentary on 15:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:16 TSK -> Commentary on 15:16 TSK -> Entry for 15:16 WEN -> Notes on 15:16 NTB -> Asa; Baasha; Israel; Israel, Prophecies Concerning TTT -> Kings; War 15:16 - [In Context] During the time that King Asa was king of Judah, he was always fighting against Baasha, the king of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:17 JFB -> Commentary on 15:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:17 TSK -> Commentary on 15:17 TSK -> Entry for 15:17 WEN -> Notes on 15:17 NTB -> Asa; Baasha; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Ramah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Rama 15:17 - [In Context] Baasha fought against Judah. Baasha wanted to stop people from going into or coming out of Asa's country of Judah. So he made the city of Ramah very strong.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:18 JFB -> Commentary on 15:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:18 TSK -> Commentary on 15:18 TSK -> Entry for 15:18 WEN -> Notes on 15:18 NTB -> Alliances; Asa; Baasha; Ben-Hadad; Hezion; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Ramah; Tabrimon; Temple TTT -> Covenants; Kings; Palaces; Presents; Syria EBD -> Ben-hadad; Hezion; Rama; Tabrimon SBD -> Alliances; Aram; Ben-hadad; Hezion; Tabrimon 15:18 - [In Context] So Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord's temple and the king's palace. He gave the silver and gold to his servants and sent them to Ben Hadad, the king of Aram. Ben Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben Hadad's capital city.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:19 JFB -> Commentary on 15:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:19 TSK -> Commentary on 15:19 TSK -> Entry for 15:19 WEN -> Notes on 15:19 NTB -> Alliances; Asa; Baasha; Ben-Hadad; Bribery; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Ramah; Treaty TTT -> Covenants; Gold; Kings; Syria EBD -> Rama SBD -> Damascus 15:19 - [In Context] Asa sent this message, "My father and your father had a peace agreement. Now I want to make a peace agreement with you. I am sending you this gift of gold and silver. Please break your treaty with Baasah the king of Israel so he will get out of my country and leave us alone."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:20 JFB -> Commentary on 15:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:20 TSK -> Commentary on 15:20 TSK -> Entry for 15:20 WEN -> Notes on 15:20 NTB -> Abel-Beth-Maachah; Armies; Asa; Baasha; Ben-Hadad; Chinnereth; Dan; Ijon; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Naphtali; Ramah TTT -> Galilee; Kings; Naphtali, The Tribe of; Syria EBD -> Abel-beth-maachah; Chinnereth; Cinnereth; Ijon; Naphtali, Tribe of; Rama SBD -> Abel-beth-maachah; Cinneroth; Damascus; Ijon; Ramoth-gilead 15:20 - [In Context] King Ben Hadad made that agreement with King Asa and sent his army to fight against the Israelite towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, the towns near Lake Galilee, and the area of Naphtali.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:21 JFB -> Commentary on 15:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:21 TSK -> Commentary on 15:21 TSK -> Entry for 15:21 WEN -> Notes on 15:21 NTB -> Asa; Baasha; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Ramah; Tirzah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Rama; Tirza 15:21 - [In Context] Baasha heard about these attacks. So he stopped building Ramah stronger. He left that town and moved back to Tirzah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:22 JFB -> Commentary on 15:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:22 TSK -> Commentary on 15:22 TSK -> Entry for 15:22 WEN -> Notes on 15:22 NTB -> Asa; Baasha; Geba; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Mizpah; Ramah TTT -> Kings EBD -> Geba; Rama SBD -> Maachah; Mizpah 15:22 - [In Context] Then king Asa gave an order to all of the people of Judah. Every person had to help. They went to Ramah and took all the stones and wood that Baasha was using to make that city strong. They carried those things to Geba in the land of Benjamin and to Mizpah. Then King Asa built those two towns much stronger.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:23 JFB -> Commentary on 15:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:23 TSK -> Commentary on 15:23 TSK -> Entry for 15:23 WEN -> Notes on 15:23 NTB -> Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning TTT -> Feet, The; Kings EBD -> Kings, The Books of 15:23 - [In Context] All the other things about Asa, the great things he did, and the cities he built are written in the book The History of the Kings of Judah. When Asa became old, he had a disease on his feet.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:24 JFB -> Commentary on 15:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:24 SRN -> Study Notes on 15:24 TSK -> Commentary on 15:24 TSK -> Entry for 15:24 WEN -> Notes on 15:24 NTB -> Asa; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jehoshaphat TTT -> Kings SBD -> Jehoshaphat 15:24 - [In Context] Asa died and he was buried in the City of David, F185 his ancestor. Then Jehoshaphat, Asa's son, became the new king after him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:25 JFB -> Commentary on 15:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:25 TSK -> Commentary on 15:25 TSK -> Entry for 15:25 WEN -> Notes on 15:25 NTB -> Influence; Nadab TTT -> Kings EBD -> Chronology; Nadab SBD -> Nadab 15:25 - [In Context] During Asa's second year as king of Judah, Nadab, son of Jeroboam, became king of Israel. Nadab ruled over Israel for two years.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:26 JFB -> Commentary on 15:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:26 TSK -> Commentary on 15:26 TSK -> Entry for 15:26 WEN -> Notes on 15:26 NTB -> Influence; Nadab; Rulers EBD -> Nadab SBD -> Nadab 15:26 - [In Context] Nadab did bad things against the Lord. He sinned the same way his father Jeroboam had sinned. And Jeroboam also caused the people of Israel to sin.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:27 JFB -> Commentary on 15:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:27 TSK -> Commentary on 15:27 TSK -> Entry for 15:27 WEN -> Notes on 15:27 NTB -> Ahijah; Baasha; Citizens; Conspiracy; Gibbethon; Government; Homicide; Nadab; Regicide; Siege; Usurpation TTT -> Issachar, The Tribe of; Kings; Murder; Philistines, The EBD -> Gibbethon; Nadab SBD -> Ahiah, or Ahijah; Baasha; Nadab 15:27 - [In Context] Baasha was the son of Ahijah. They were from the family group of Issachar. Baasha made a plan to kill King Nadab. This was during the time that Nadab and all Israel were fighting against the town of Gibbethon. This was a Philistine town. At that place Baasha killed Nadab.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:28 JFB -> Commentary on 15:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:28 TSK -> Commentary on 15:28 TSK -> Entry for 15:28 WEN -> Notes on 15:28 NTB -> Baasha; Government; Homicide; Nadab; Regicide; Usurpation EBD -> Nadab SBD -> Nadab 15:28 - [In Context] This happened during the third year that Asa was the king of Judah. And Baasha became the next king of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:29 JFB -> Commentary on 15:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:29 TSK -> Commentary on 15:29 TSK -> Entry for 15:29 WEN -> Notes on 15:29 NTB -> Baasha; Government; Homicide; Nadab; Regicide; Shilonite EBD -> Nadab; Shilonite SBD -> Nadab; Shilonite, The 15:29 - [In Context] At the time Baasha became the new king, he killed everyone in Jeroboam's family. Baasha left no person in Jeroboam's family alive. This happened the way the Lord said it would. The Lord spoke through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:30 JFB -> Commentary on 15:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:30 TSK -> Commentary on 15:30 TSK -> Entry for 15:30 WEN -> Notes on 15:30 NTB -> Baasha; Government; Nadab TTT -> Temptation SBD -> Nadab 15:30 - [In Context] This happened because King Jeroboam had done many sins. And Jeroboam had caused the people of Israel to do many sins. Jeroboam made the Lord, the God of Israel, very angry.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:31 JFB -> Commentary on 15:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:31 TSK -> Commentary on 15:31 TSK -> Entry for 15:31 NTB -> Baasha; Nadab EBD -> Kings, The Books of SBD -> Nadab 15:31 - [In Context] The other things that Nadab did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:32 JFB -> Commentary on 15:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:32 TSK -> Commentary on 15:32 TSK -> Entry for 15:32 NTB -> Baasha; Israel TTT -> Kings 15:32 - [In Context] All during the time that Baasha ruled over Israel, he was fighting wars against Asa, king of Judah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:33 JFB -> Commentary on 15:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:33 TSK -> Commentary on 15:33 TSK -> Entry for 15:33 NTB -> Ahijah; Baasha; Rulers; Tirzah EBD -> Baasha; Chronology SBD -> Ahiah, or Ahijah; Israel, Kingdom of 15:33 - [In Context] Baasha, son of Ahijah, became king of Israel during the third year that Asa ruled over Judah. Baasha ruled in Tirzah for 24 years.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 15:34 JFB -> Commentary on 15:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 15:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 15:34 TSK -> Commentary on 15:34 TSK -> Entry for 15:34 NTB -> Baasha; Rulers TTT -> Calves of Jeroboam 15:34 - [In Context] But Baasha did the things that the Lord said were wrong. He did the same sins that his father Jeroboam had done. Jeroboam caused the people of Israel to sin.
FOOTNOTES: F181: Verse 6   This verse is not in the ancient Greek translation. F182: City of David   The southeast and oldest part of the city of Jerusalem. F183: ancestor   Literally, "fathers." This means a person's parents, grandparents, and all the people they are descended from. F184: high places   Places for worshiping God or false gods. These places were often on the hills and mountains. F185: City of David   The southeast and oldest part of the city of Jerusalem.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.