1 Kings 15:27

Nadab Reigns in Israel

25 Now ^aNadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in ^ahis sin by which he had made Israel sin.

27 ^aThen Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at ^bGibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

29 And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to ^athe word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

30 ^abecause of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

<< 1 Kings 15:26

1 Kings 15:28 >>

1 Kings 15:27

Baasha ... of the house of Issachar - It is curious to find Issachar furnishing a king. Tola, its one very undistinguished Judge Judges 10:1, on obtaining office had at once settled himself in the territory of Ephraim. The tribe was as little famous as any that could be named. The "ass crouching between two burthens" was a true symbol of the patient, plodding cultivators of the plain of Esdraelon Genesis 49:14-15. Baasha probably owed his rise neither to his tribe nor to his social position, but simply to his audacity, and his known valor and skill as a soldier I Kings 16:2.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 15:27:**

2 Chronicles 14:1
Amos 7:10
Amos 7:11

<< 1 Kings 15:26

1 Kings 15:28 >>

DISCLAIMER: Church of the Great God (CGG) provides these resources to aid the individual in studying the Bible. However, it is up to the individual to "prove all things, and hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:21). The content of these resources does not necessarily reflect the views of CGG. They are provided for information purposes only.