Verse 19

1 Kings 15:19

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19 Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בְּרִית֙ בֵּינִ֣/י וּ/בֵינֶ֔/ךָ בֵּ֥ין אָבִ֖/י וּ/בֵ֣ין אָבִ֑י/ךָ הִנֵּה֩ שָׁלַ֨חְתִּֽי לְ/ךָ֥ שֹׁ֨חַד֙ כֶּ֣סֶף וְ/זָהָ֔ב לֵ֣ךְ הָפֵ֗רָ/ה אֶת בְּרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ אֶת בַּעְשָׁ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/יַעֲלֶ֖ה מֵ/עָלָֽ/י

English Translation

I have sent you a bribe of silver and gold to break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel and to depart from me.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. Focus ↗

2 For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalo... Focus ↗

3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to... Focus ↗

4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so tha... Focus ↗

5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his... Focus ↗

6 ... Focus ↗

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history... Focus ↗

8 Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and... Focus ↗

9 In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. Focus ↗

10 And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abis... Focus ↗

11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did. Focus ↗

12 Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away... Focus ↗

13 And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah... Focus ↗

14 The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all h... Focus ↗

15 He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he... Focus ↗

16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days. Focus ↗

17 And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out... Focus ↗

18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's... Focus ↗

19 Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I...

20 So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel,... Focus ↗

21 And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah. Focus ↗

22 Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the w... Focus ↗

23 Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the bu... Focus ↗

24 So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and... Focus ↗

25 Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; a... Focus ↗

26 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did a... Focus ↗

27 And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attackin... Focus ↗

28 In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his... Focus ↗

29 And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there w... Focus ↗

30 Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Isra... Focus ↗

31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history... Focus ↗

32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days. Focus ↗

33 In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, became king over all... Focus ↗

34 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Isr... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 15 (34 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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