1 Kings 15:17-22
A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. Baasha.27; 2Ch 16:1-6Ramah.By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it, in order to prevent all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah, lest his subjects should cleave to the house of David: for Ramah was a city of Benjamin, situated on the confines of both kingdoms, probably on a hill, as the name imports, commanding a narrow defile between the mountains, through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so that a fortification being erected here, no communication could be held between the people of Israel and Judah, without Baasha's permission. 21; Jos 18:25; 1Sa 15:34; Jer 31:15he might not suffer.12:27; 2Ch 11:13-17 Asa.15; 14:26; 2Ki 12:18; 18:15,16; 2Ch 15:18; 16:2-6Ben-hadad.20:1-5,33,34; 2Ki 8:7-15Damascus.11:23,24; Ge 14:15; 15:2; Jer 49:27; Am 1:4 There is a league.2Ch 19:2; Isa 31:1break thy league.2Sa 21:2; 2Ch 16:3; Eze 17:13-16; Ro 1:31; 3:8depart. Heb. go up. Ijon.Probably the same as Hazar-enan, a frontier town to Damascus, (Eze 48:1;) and perhaps the Inna of Coele-Syria, long. 68 degrees and a half, lat. 33 degrees, according to Ptolemy. 2Ki 15:29Dan.12:29; Ge 14:14; Jud 18:29Abel-beth-maachah.2Sa 20:14,15Cinneroth.Jos 11:2; 12:3 when Baasha.2Ch 16:5Tirzah.14:17; 16:15-18; So 6:4 made a proclamation.2Ch 16:6exempted. Heb. free. Geba.Jos 18:24Gaba.Jos 21:17Mizpah.Jos 18:26; 1Sa 7:5Mizpeh.Jer 40:6,102 Chronicles 16:1-10
1 Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverts Baasha from building Ramah.7 Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he puts him in prison.11 Among his other acts in his disease he seeks not to God, but to the physicians.13 His death and burial. A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. In the six.See Note on 1 Ki 15:32. "From the rending of the ten tribes from Judah, over which Asa was now king." 1Ki 15:16-22to the intent.11:13-17; 15:5,9; 1Ki 12:27 brought out.28:21; 2Ki 12:18; 16:8; 18:15Damascus. Heb. Darmeskek. a league.18:3; 19:2; Jud 2:2; Isa 31:1-3; 2Co 6:16break.Ge 20:9,10; Ex 32:21; Jos 9:19,20; 2Sa 21:2; Ps 15:4; Eze 17:18,19Ro 1:31,32; 2Ti 3:3 hearkened.1Ti 6:10; 2Pe 2:15his armies. Heb. armies which were his. Ijon.1Ki 15:20Dan.Ge 14:14; Jud 18:28,29; 20:1Abel-maim.Abel-maim is called Abel-beth-maachah in 1 Ki 15:20, and elsewhere, on account of its belonging to the district of Beth-maachah. the store cities.8:6; 17:12; 1Ki 9:19 that he left off.1 they carried.1Ki 15:22Geba.Jos 18:24-26Gaba.21:17; 1Ch 6:60; Isa 10:29; Zec 14:10Mizpah.Jos 15:38; 18:26; 1Sa 7:6,16; 10:17Mizpeh. Hanani.19:2; 20:34; 1Ki 16:1Because.Ps 146:3-6; Isa 31:1; 32:2; Jer 17:5,6; Eph 1:12,13relied on.13:18; 32:7,8; 2Ki 18:5; 1Ch 5:20the host.3 the Ethiopians.12:3; 14:9-12the Lubims.12:3a huge host. Heb. in abundance. because.7; Ps 9:9,10; 37:39,40 the eyes.6:20; Job 34:21; Ps 34:15; 113:6; Pr 5:21; 15:3; Jer 16:17; 32:19Zec 4:10; Heb 4:13; 1Pe 3:12to shew himself, etc. or, strongly to hold with them, etc.whose heart. 15:17; 2Ki 20:3; Ps 37:37Herein.1Sa 13:13; 2Sa 12:7-12; 1Ch 21:8; Job 34:18,19; Jer 5:21; Mt 5:22Lu 12:20; 1Co 15:36; Ga 3:1henceforth.1Ki 15:32 wroth.25:16; 26:19; 2Sa 12:13; 24:10-14; Ps 141:5; Pr 9:7-9put him.18:26; Jer 20:2; 29:26; Mt 14:3,4; Lu 3:20; Ac 16:23,24oppressed. Heb. crushed.Job 20:19; *marg:Isa 51:23; Jer 51:34; La 3:34the same time.2Sa 11:4; 12:31
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