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1 Kings 15:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place. "
1 Kings 15:28
Verse in Context
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26 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.
29 As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
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1 Kings 15:1
"Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah."
1 Kings 15:2
"He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:3
"He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father."
1 Kings 15:4
"Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;"
1 Kings 15:5
"because David did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."
1 Kings 15:6
"Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."
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