1 Kings 15:19-20

15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ¹  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ²  15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ³  They conquered ⁴  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ⁵ 

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁶  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁷ 

1 Kings 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, ⁸  just as the Lord had predicted ⁹  through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹⁰  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 16:4

16:4 Dogs will eat the members of Baasha’s family ¹²  who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”

¹ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

² tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

³ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

⁴ tn Heb “he struck down.”

⁵ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

⁸ tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

⁹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

¹² tn Heb “the ones belonging to Baasha.”