1 Kings 15:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:17 —

Old words in this verse

suffer: — often: allow, permit.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:27
If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:1-6
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. …
Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
1 Kings 15:21-22
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. …
Jeremiah 31:15
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Topics

Asa Baasha Israel, Prophecies Concerning Ramah

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-24)

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it 2 Chron. 14:1-16:14 Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, 1 Kgs. 15:10. In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally l…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

16-17. there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days--Asa enjoyed a ten years’ peace after Jeroboam’s defeat by Abijam, and this interval was wisely and energetically spent in making internal reforms, as well as increasing the means of national defense (2Ch 14:1-7). In the fifteenth year of his reign, however, the king of Israel commenced hostilities against him, and, invading…