1 Kings 15:16

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days [This statement must be compared with 2 Chronicles 14:1 , 2 Chronicles 14:6 , from which we gather that during the first ten years of Asa's reign there cannot have been war, properly so called, between them. Indeed, it would seem from 2 Chronicles 15:19 , 2 Chronicles 16:1 , that it was not until the 36th year of Asa's reign that it first broke out. But these numbers have clearly not escaped corruption (see note there), as at the date last mentioned Baasha must have been dead. It is probable that war is to be taken here, as elsewhere ( 1 Kings 14:30 ), in the sense of hostility, and in any case we have here another instance of the hyperbolical habit of the Eastern mind.]