1 Kings 15:22

22 Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them.^[a]

1 Kings 15:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:22

Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah
Summoned men of all sorts, ranks, and degrees:

(none was exempted;)
the Jews ^F26 say, not so much as a newly married man, whom the law excused from war the first year, nor the disciples of the wise men:

and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha had builded;
or fortified the place; these; the men of Judah, whom Asa summoned, carried off:

and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah;
which were both in the tribe of Benjamin, and which he fortified, ( Joshua 18:24 Joshua 18:26 ) ( Jeremiah 41:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Jarchi & Kimchi in loc.

1 Kings 15:22 In-Context

20 Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinneroth, and the whole land of Naphtali.

21 When Baasha heard [about it], he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.

22 Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them.

23 The rest of all the events of Asa's [reign], along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.

24 Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his forefather David. His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 16:1-6