1 Kings 15:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And when Baasa heard thereof, he left building of Rama, and dwelt in Thirza.

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  • 1 Kgs 14:17 : 17 And Ieroboams wyfe arose, and departed, and came to Thirzah: & when she came to the thressholde of the doore, the childe was dead.
  • 1 Kgs 16:15-18 : 15 In the twentie & seuenth yere of Asa king of Iuda, did Zimri raigne seuen dayes in Thirza: & the people was then in the hoast besieging Gibbethon, a citie of the Philistines. 16 And the people in the hoast heard one saye, Zimri hath conspired, and slayne the king: Wherefore all they of Israel made Amri the captayne of the hoast, king ouer Israel that same day, euen in the hoast. 17 And Amri departed vp from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Thirza. 18 And when Zimri sawe that the citie must needes be taken, he went into the palace of the kinges house, and burnt him selfe & the kinges house with fyre, and so dyed
  • 2 Chr 16:5 : 5 And when Baasa heard this, he left building of Rama, and let his worke ceasse.
  • Song 6:4 : 4 Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza, thou art faire as Hierusalem, fearefull as an armie of men with their banners.
  • 1 Kgs 15:17 : 17 And Baasa king of Israel went vp against Iuda, and built Rama, so that he woulde let none go out or in to Asa king of Iuda.

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  • 2 Chr 16:1-7
    7 verses
    90%

    1In the thirtie and sixth yere of the raigne of Asa, came Baasa king of Israel against Iuda, & built Rama, to the intent that he would let none passe out or in to Asa king of Iuda.

    2And Asa set out golde and siluer out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, & out of the kings house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria that dwelt at Darmesec, and saide:

    3There is a confederation betweene me and thee, betweene my father and thyne: beholde I haue sent thee siluer and golde, that thou wilt come & breake thyne appoyntment with Baasa king of Israel, that he may departe from me.

    4And Benhadad graunted vnto king Asa, and sent the captaynes of his armies to the cities of Israel: and they smote Iion, Dan, and Abelmaim, & all the strong cities of Nephthali.

    5And when Baasa heard this, he left building of Rama, and let his worke ceasse.

    6And then Asa the king toke all Iuda, and caryed away the stones and timber of Rama wherewith Baasa was a building, and he built therewith Geba and Mispah.

    7At that time Hanani the sear came to Asa king of Iuda, and saide vnto him: Because thou hast trusted in the king of Syria, and not rather put thy trust in the Lord thy God, therfore is the hoast of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hande.

  • 1 Kgs 15:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    16And there was warre betweene Asa, & Baasa king of Israel all their dayes.

    17And Baasa king of Israel went vp against Iuda, and built Rama, so that he woulde let none go out or in to Asa king of Iuda.

    18Then Asa toke al the siluer and golde that was left in the treasures of the house of the Lorde, and the treasures of the kinges house, and deliuered them vnto the handes of his seruauntes, and king Asa sent them to Benhadad the sonne of Tabrimon the sonne of Hezion king of Syria that dwelt at Damasco, saying:

    19There is a bonde betweene me & thee, betweene my father and thy father: and beholde I haue sent vnto thee a present of siluer and golde, that thou come and breake the bonde that thou hast with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

    20So Benhadad hearkened vnto king Asa, & sent the captaynes of the hoastes which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Hion, and Dan, and Abel, Beth Maacah, and all the region of Ceneroth, with all the lande of Nephthali.

  • 1 Kgs 15:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Iuda, that none should be excused: And so they toke the stones of Ramah and the tymber wherewith Baasa had builded, and king Asa built with them the hill of Beniamin and Mispah.

    23The remnaunt of all the wordes that concerne Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he builded, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda? Neuerthelesse, in his olde age he was diseased in his feete.

  • 1 Kgs 15:32-34
    3 verses
    77%

    32And there was warre betweene Asa & Baasa king of Israel all their dayes.

    33So in the third yere of Asa king of Iuda, began Baasa the sonne of Ahia to raigne ouer all Israel in Thirza, twentie and foure yeres.

    34And he did that which is euill in the sight of the Lorde, walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his sinne, wherewith he made Israel to sinne.

  • 1 Kgs 15:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27And Baasa the sonne of Ahia, which was of the house of Isachar, conspired against him, and Baasa smote him at Gibbethon, which is a citie of the Philistines (for Nadab and al Israel layed siege to Gibbethon)

    28Euen in the third yere of Asa king of Iuda, did Baasa slay him, and raigned in his steade.

    29And it fortuned that when he was king, he smote all the house of Ieroboam, and he left him naught that breathed, vntill he had put him cleane out, according vnto the saying of the Lorde which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia the Selonite:

  • 1 Kgs 16:1-13
    13 verses
    73%

    1Then the worde of the Lorde came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani against Baasa, saying:

    2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the duste, and made thee captayne ouer my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Ieroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sinne, to anger me with their sinnes:

    3Beholde, I will roote out the posteritie of Baasa, and the posteritie of his house: and will make thy house lyke the house of Ieroboa the sonne of Nabat.

    4That man of Baasa which dyeth in the citie, him shall the dogges eate: and that man of him which dyeth in the fieldes, shall the foules of the ayre eate.

    5The rest of the wordes that concerne Baasa, and what he did, & his power, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel?

    6And so Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thirza, and Ela his sonne raigned in his steade.

    7And by the hande of the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani, came the worde of the Lord against Baasa, and against his house, & against all the wickednesse that he did in the sight of the Lorde, in angryng him with the worke of his owne handes, that he should be like the house of Ieroboam, and because he killed him.

    8The twentie & sixth yere of Asa king of Iuda, began Ela the sonne of Baasa to raigne ouer Israel in Thirza, two yeres.

    9And his seruaunt Zimri (which was captayne of halfe his charets) conspired against him as he was in Thirza drinking, and was druncken in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Thirza.

    10And Zimri came, and smote him, and killed him in the twentie & seuenth yere of Asa king of Iuda, and raigned in his steade.

    11And it fortuned that when he was king and sat on his seate, he slue al the house of Baasa, not leauing thereof one to pysse against a wall: Yea, he slue his kinsefolkes and freendes also.

    12And thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasa, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake against Baasa by the hande of Iehu the prophet,

    13For all the sinnes of Baasa and sinnes of Ela his sonne which they sinned, and made Israel to sinne and angre the Lorde God of Israel with their vanities.

  • 1 Kgs 16:15
    70%

    15In the twentie & seuenth yere of Asa king of Iuda, did Zimri raigne seuen dayes in Thirza: & the people was then in the hoast besieging Gibbethon, a citie of the Philistines.

  • 1 Kgs 16:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And Amri departed vp from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Thirza.

    18And when Zimri sawe that the citie must needes be taken, he went into the palace of the kinges house, and burnt him selfe & the kinges house with fyre, and so dyed

  • 1 Kgs 16:23
    66%

    23In the thirtie and one yere of Asa king of Iuda, began Amri to raigne ouer Israel twelue yeres: Sixe yeres raigned he in Thirza.

  • 2 Kgs 19:8
    65%

    8And Rabsakeh went backe againe, and founde the king of Assyria fighting against Libna: for he had hearde howe that he was departed from Lachis.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    65%

    32And he reared vp an aulter for Baal in the temple of Baal which he had builded in Schomron:

  • Isa 37:8
    64%

    8Nowe when Rabsakeh returned, he founde the kyng of Assyria laying siege to Libnas: for he had vnderstandyng that he was departed from Lachis.

  • 2 Chr 15:19
    64%

    19And there was no more warre vnto the thirtie and fiue yere of the raigne of Asa.

  • 2 Chr 11:5
    64%

    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Hierusalem, and built strong cities in Iuda.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-9
    2 verses
    64%

    8And Abiam slept with his fathers, & they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne raigned in his steade.

    9In the twentith yere of Ieroboam king of Israel raigned Asa ouer Iuda.

  • 2 Chr 15:10
    64%

    10So they assembled together at Hierusale the third moneth, the fifteenth yere of the raigne of Asa.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    63%

    7Therefore he saide vnto Iuda: let vs builde these cities, & make about them walles, towres, gates, and barres, for the lande is yet in rest before vs: because we haue sought the Lorde our God, we haue sought him, and he hath geuen vs rest on euery side. And so they built, and it prospered with them.

  • Num 33:21
    63%

    21And they remoued from Libna, and pitched at Rissa.

  • 2 Kgs 16:9
    63%

    9And the king of Assyria consented vnto him: For the king of Assyria went vp against Damasco, and when he had taken it, he carryed the people away to Kir, and slue Rezin.

  • 2 Kgs 16:18
    63%

    18And the vayle for the Sabbath that they had made in the house, and the kinges entrie without, turned he to the house of the Lorde, for feare of the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 15:17
    63%

    17But al the high places were not taken away out of Israel, though the heart of Asa was perfect all his dayes.