1 Kings 15:22

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

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  • Josh 21:17 : 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
  • Josh 18:24 : 24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
  • Josh 18:26 : 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
  • 1 Sam 7:5 : 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 16:6 : 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
  • Jer 40:6 : 6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
  • Jer 40:10 : 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

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  • 2 Chr 16:4-7
    4 verses
    93%

    4And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

    5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [it], that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

    6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

    7¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11-21
    11 verses
    82%

    11And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.

    12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

    13And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.

    14But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

    15And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

    16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

    17And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

    18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold [that were] left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

    19[There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

    20So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

    21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [thereof], that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

  • 2 Chr 16:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1¶ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

    2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 15:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

    24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 15:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8¶ And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.

    9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.

    10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    73%

    2And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • 2 Chr 15:15-19
    5 verses
    72%

    15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

    16And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

    18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

    19And there was no [more] war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

    9¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

  • 2 Chr 16:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.

    11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

    33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

  • 1 Kgs 15:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

    28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 14:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

    3For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

  • 2 Chr 14:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

    8And Asa had an army [of men] that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.

  • 2 Chr 14:10
    69%

    10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    68%

    2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
    68%

    46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    68%

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 2 Chr 15:2
    68%

    2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    67%

    6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15¶ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    67%

    6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    67%

    14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 16:15
    66%

    15¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people [were] encamped against Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines.