1 Kings 15:18

Contextual Overview

⁹In the twentieth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah, ⁹ In the twentieth year of Yarov`am king of Yisra'el began Asa to reign over Yehudah. ⁹ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. ⁹ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, ⁹ During the twentieth year Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah. ⁹ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah. ⁹So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king over Judah. ⁹ So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah. ⁹ And in the twentie yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel reigned Asa ouer Iudah. ⁹Now in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

Bible Verse Review
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Asa: 1 Kings 15:15, 1 Kings 14:26, 2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Kings 18:16, 2 Chronicles 15:18, 2 Chronicles 16:2-6

Benhadad: 1 Kings 20:1-5, 1 Kings 20:33, 1 Kings 20:34, 2 Kings 8:7-15

Damascus: 1 Kings 11:23, 1 Kings 11:24, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 15:2, Jeremiah 49:27, Amos 1:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:14 - all the gold 1 Chronicles 26:20 - treasures 1 Chronicles 28:12 - the treasuries 2 Chronicles 12:9 - took away

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Ashshur. The fourth river is the Perat.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third is Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The third river, named Tigris, flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath)

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one that went east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:14
The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then 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,.... What was left untaken away by Shishak king of Egypt, 1 Kings 14:26, or what he had put there dedicated by his father and himself, 1 Kings 15:15 and be they either, they were not to be taken, especially the treasures of the house of the Lord, and put to profane use, and particularly to such bad purposes as these were:

and delivered them into the hands of his servants: to be disposed of as next directed:

and King Asa sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus; according to some chronologers w, Hezion, the grandfather of this Benhadad, is the same with Rezon the first king of Damascus, 1 Kings 11:23, who was succeeded by Tabrimon, and he by Benhadad:

saying: as follows.

w Usher. Annal. A. M. 3064. Marsham. Canon. Chron. Seculum 13. p. 346.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Left - Or, according to another reading, “found.” The wealthy condition of the temple treasury is sufficiently indicated in 1 Kings 15:15. Compare 2 Chronicles 15:18.

Asa’s conduct in calling Benhadad to his aid, condemned by the seer Hanani 2 Chronicles 16:7, cannot, of course, be justified; but there was much to excuse it. An alliance, it appears, had existed between Abijam and Tabrimon, Benhadad’s father 1 Kings 15:19 - an alliance which may have helped Abijam to gain his great victory over Jeroboam and achieve his subsequent conquests 2 Chronicles 13:17-20. This had been brought to an end by Baasha, who had succeeded in inducing Benhadad to enter into a league with him. It was only natural that Asa should endeavor to break up this league; and, politically speaking, he had a full right to go further, and obtain, if he could, the support of the Syrian troops for himself. The Israelites had set the example of calling in a foreign power, when Jeroboam obtained the aid of Shishak.

To Benhadad - On the probable succession of the Damascene kings, and on the meaning of the name Hadad, see 1 Kings 11:14, 1 Kings 11:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 15:18. Asa took all the silver — Shishak, king of Egypt, had not taken the whole, or there had been some treasures brought in since that time.

Ben-hadad — This was the grandson of Rezon, called here Hezion, who founded the kingdom of Damascus. See 1 Kings 11:23-24; and Calmet.