Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
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Interpretation
During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Notice the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground.
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 15:27-30.
Glossary
- Asa Person
- Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah.
- Baasha Tribe
- Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6 ). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar.