Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
This verse belongs to the history of the separate kingdoms after the ten tribes revolted against Rehoboam the son of Solomon and the kingdom was divided into Judah with two and a half tribes and Israel with ten tribes. Jeroboam became the first king of the turbulent Ten Tribes, and the period that followed was marked by conflict and peace, war and strife between the two divisions, ending with Israel's overthrow in 721 B.C. It records the stormy succession of the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, in which Jeroboam was followed by his weak son Nadab, who reigned only two years.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha slew Nadab, Jeroboam's son and successor, and reigned in his stead over Israel. Baasha was a traitor of the tribe of Issachar, and the people submitted to his rule. His killing of Nadab brought the house of Jeroboam to an end, for he slew all the unworthy house of Jeroboam, fulfilling Ahijah's prophecy against the house of Jeroboam.
The verse belongs to the account in 1 Kings 15 and 16 of the apostasy of Israel, in which the kings led the nation to forsake the worship of the living God and turn to the worship of idols. They turned away from the God-given plan of worship which pointed to Christ and revealed the way of salvation from sin, forsook all that was pure and true and uplifting, and turned to the worship of Baal and Ashtoreth, to that which was impure, untrue, and degrading, to the worship of the creature instead of the Creator. The killing belongs to a steady decline from Jeroboam onward from bad to worse, and Baasha himself did no better though he reigned twenty-four years, following in the way of Jeroboam.
The event happened within the one good reign of Asa king of Judah, which spanned the reigns of all these wicked kings of Israel, since Asa came to the throne two years before Jeroboam died. Abijah and then Asa reigned in Judah while Nadab and then Baasha followed by Elah, Zimri, Omri and Ahab reigned in Israel, with Baasha's house succeeding Nadab's but lasting only two generations before Omri's reign. The killing began a pattern of violent changes of rule in which within about fifty years four kings or claimants to the throne died violently. The verse with its context also illustrates the Bible's practice of counting an incomplete part of a time period as a whole when reckoning reigns, and this inclusive reckoning helps explain how a stated number of days can include only partial days at the beginning and end.
This verse belongs to the history of the separate kingdoms after the ten tribes revolted against Rehoboam the son of Solomon and the kingdom was divided into Judah with two and a half tribes and Israel with ten tribes. Jeroboam became the first king of the turbulent Ten Tribes, and the period that followed was marked by conflict and peace, war and strife between the two divisions, ending with Israel's overthrow in 721 B.C. It records the stormy succession of the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, in which Jeroboam was followed by his weak son Nadab, who reigned only two years.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha slew Nadab, Jeroboam's son and successor, and reigned in his stead over Israel. Baasha was a traitor of the tribe of Issachar, and the people submitted to his rule. His killing of Nadab brought the house of Jeroboam to an end, for he slew all the unworthy house of Jeroboam, fulfilling Ahijah's prophecy against the house of Jeroboam.
The verse belongs to the account in 1 Kings 15 and 16 of the apostasy of Israel, in which the kings led the nation to forsake the worship of the living God and turn to the worship of idols. They turned away from the God-given plan of worship which pointed to Christ and revealed the way of salvation from sin, forsook all that was pure and true and uplifting, and turned to the worship of Baal and Ashtoreth, to that which was impure, untrue, and degrading, to the worship of the creature instead of the Creator. The killing belongs to a steady decline from Jeroboam onward from bad to worse, and Baasha himself did no better though he reigned twenty-four years, following in the way of Jeroboam.
The event happened within the one good reign of Asa king of Judah, which spanned the reigns of all these wicked kings of Israel, since Asa came to the throne two years before Jeroboam died. Abijah and then Asa reigned in Judah while Nadab and then Baasha followed by Elah, Zimri, Omri and Ahab reigned in Israel, with Baasha's house succeeding Nadab's but lasting only two generations before Omri's reign. The killing began a pattern of violent changes of rule in which within about fifty years four kings or claimants to the throne died violently. The verse with its context also illustrates the Bible's practice of counting an incomplete part of a time period as a whole when reckoning reigns, and this inclusive reckoning helps explain how a stated number of days can include only partial days at the beginning and end.