When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
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When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
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And it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. and let his work cease] In 1 Kin.…
5. and let his work cease] In 1 Kin. and dwelt in Tirzah (Heb.), and returned to Tirzah (LXX.). Baasha (like Jeroboam; 1Ki_14:17) fixed his seat of government at Tirzah in the centre of the Northern Kingdom in order to be able to watch Syria as well as Judah. The Chronicler takes no interest in the home of Baasha.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) And it came to pass.—See 1Ki_15:21.
(5) And it came to pass.—See 1Ki_15:21.
And let his work cease.—Vay-yashbêth ’ethmelakhtô. Kings: “vay-yêsheb bëthirzah, “and dwelt in Tirzah.” The partial similarity of the Heb. is obvious. Kings appears to be correct, and the tautologous reading of the chronicler is to be ascribed to a fault in the writer’s MS.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And let his work cease. The parallel has not…
And let his work cease. The parallel has not this, but follows the exact previous sentence with this, "and dwelt in Tirzah." It is the happy suggestion of one commentator (Professor James G. Murphy, Handbook: Chronicles") that this sentence may betray that it had been Baasha"s intention to reside in Ramah.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.