Verse 21
1 Kings 15:21
Bible in Basic English
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And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְהִי֙ כִּ/שְׁמֹ֣עַ בַּעְשָׁ֔א וַ/יֶּחְדַּ֕ל מִ/בְּנ֖וֹת אֶת הָֽ/רָמָ֑ה וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּ/תִרְצָֽה
English Translation
And it happened when Baasha heard, he ceased from the daughters of Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah.
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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.
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For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalo...
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And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to...
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But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so tha...
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Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his...
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Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history...
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Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and...
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In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.
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And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abis...
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Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.
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Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away...
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And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah...
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The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all h...
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He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he...
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Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
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And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out...
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Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's...
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Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I...
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So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel,...
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And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
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Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the w...
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Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the bu...
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So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and...
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Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; a...
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He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did a...
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And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attackin...
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In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his...
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And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there w...
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Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Isra...
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Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history...
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
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In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, became king over all...
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He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Isr...
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