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.”

[15:19]  ¹ tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[15:20]  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.”

[15:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “he struck down.”

[15:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

[15:2]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  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.

[15:29]  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.”

[15:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[15:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  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.

[16:4]  ¹² tn Heb “the ones belonging to Baasha.”