21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
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And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. …
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
And 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.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
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…
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