Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
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Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
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Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 16:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
- Joshua 18:24-26 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages. Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
- 1 Samuel 7:6 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 10:17 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
- 1 Kings 15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 and they came up against Judah, broke into it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, including his sons and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- Isaiah 10:29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
- Zechariah 14:10 All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
- 1 Samuel 7:16 He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Took all Judah] See on 1Kg 15:22.
Verse 6. Took all Judah] See on 1Kg 15:22.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. took all Judah] In 1 Kin. summoned all…
6. took all Judah] In 1 Kin. summoned all Judah (so translate); none was exempted.
was a building] R.V. had builded.
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Geba and Mizpah] The names signify, “the hill and the watch-tower.” The two cities were on the northern border of Benjamin. For Mizpah see Jer_41:1-9.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Then.—And.
(6) Then.—And.
Asa the king took all Judah.—1Ki_15:22 : “And the king Asa called together all Judah; none was exempted.” The chronicler has modified an obscure sentence. The rest of the verse coincides with Kings, save that the latter reads “Geba of Benjamin.”
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Mizpah.—Jer_41:9-10, mentions a great cistern which Asa made in Mizpah “for fear of Baasha king of Israel.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain he affair seems thus to have come to an…
he affair seems thus to have come to an unbloody termination. The parallel is (1Ki_15:22) so much the more graphic that it contains the two additions that Asa "made a proclamation throughout all Judah," and one that "exempted none" from joining in the duty of moving all the stones and all the timber from Ramah, and diverting" them to the use of building Geba and Mizpah. This greatly contributed to command the road from the north to Jerusalem. Geba. This was Geba of Benjamin, as clearly stated in the parallel. It was a position north of Ramah, whether opposite Michmash and the modern Jeba is not certain, as some think this answers to Gibeah of Saul. (1Sa_14:2, 1Sa_14:5) Mizpah. (see Jer_41:2, Jer_41:3, Jer_41:9, Jer_41:10) This Mizpah is not that of the Shefelah, (Jos_15:38) but was situate about two hours, or a short six miles, north-west of Jerusalem, on the Samaria route, and is probably the modern Neby Samwil (see also (2Ki_25:22-26; Jer_40:5-16; Jer_41:1-18)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:6 Asa drafted laborers to use the materials from…
16:6 Asa drafted laborers to use the materials from Ramah to fortify the northern border of his kingdom. Mizpah is usually identified with Tell en-Nasba, about four miles north of Ramah and two miles from Bethel. Geba was probably located three miles beyond the watershed east of Gibeah, protecting a wadi leading down to Jericho and the sanctuary at Gilgal.
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