Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:20
Ijon , and Dan , etc. - He appears to have attacked and taken those towns which constituted the principal strength of the kingdom of Israel. read more
열왕기상 15:17-23 Krv
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:21
Dwelt in Tirzah - This seems to have been the royal city; see 1 Kings 15:33 , and 1 Kings 14:17 ; and in this Baasha was probably obliged to shut himself up. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:22
None was exempted - Every man was obliged to go and help to dismantle the fortress at Ramah which Baasha had built. This was a general levee en masse of the people: every one was obliged to lend a helping hand, as the state was then supposed to be in danger, and all exemptions necessarily ceased. This is a maxim of civil policy, Ubi adversus hostem muniendi sent limites, omnis immunitas cessat : "Where the boundaries are to be fortified against an enemy, then all exemptions cease. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:23
And the cities which he built - Such as Geba and Mizpah, which he built out of the spoils of Ramah. He was diseased in his feet - Probably he had a strong rheumatic affection, or the gout. This took place in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, three years before his death; and it is said that he sought to physicians rather than to the Lord, 2 Chronicles 16:12 , 2 Chronicles 16:13 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24
Zeal without trust. AN OPPORTUNITY RECOGNIZED AND USED . The need of the time was manfully met. Brought up in an idolatrous home, he nevertheless saw that this sin was sapping the foundation of the nation's stability and strength, and he set himself to root it out. 1 . The land was cleansed from . filthy abomination, from legalized, and even sanctified, sin ("And he took away the Sodomites," etc.) The nation that legalizes sin will reap corruption and shame: that which... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:11-26
The Reign of Asa. Though this prince reigned forty and one years—a longer period than any of his predecessors, and, with two exceptions, a longer period than any of the kings who came after him—yet his reign, so far as it is recorded here, may be summed up in few words. "Happy is the nation," it has been said, "which has no history." But happier still the nation whose history, like that of Judah in the time of Asa, may be comprehended under these two heads— internal reforms, and ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:16-24
The War Policy of Asa. "Forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem" ( 1 Kings 15:10 ). The evil kings of Judah were about as numerous as the good, but their reigns were shorter. "The wicked do not live out half their days." But though the reign of Asa was long and glorious, his war policy with Baasha was not creditable. I. THE OBJECT WAS RIGHT . 1 . The war was provoked by the enemy . 2 . It was provoked by impious intention . II. THE MEANS WERE WRONG ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:17
And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah [This statement probably refers to the reconquest of the three cities which Abijah had taken from Jeroboam ( 2 Chronicles 13:19 ), as Ramah could hardly have been rebuilt whilst Bethel remained in the hands of Judah], and built Ramah [Heb. the Ramah, i.e; "the elevation," or "high place." Now er Ram (= the height), in Benjamin ( Joshua 18:25 ; 19:18 , 19:14 ), five miles distant from Jerusalem, near the frontier of the two... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left [ LXX . τὸ σὑρεθὲν , which Rawlinson thinks points to a corruption of our text. He says, "The Jewish treasuries should now have been tolerably full," because read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:19
There is a league between me and thee - Or, Let there be a league between me and thee; as there was between my father and thy father. There was no reason why Asa should have emptied his treasures at this time to procure the aid of the Syrian king; as it does not appear that there was any danger which himself could not have turned aside. He probably wished to destroy the kingdom of Israel; and to effect this purpose, even robbed the house of the Lord. read more