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1 Kings 15:29 Explained in Context
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Verse 29. 29And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Baasha kills Nadab and destroys Jeroboam's house.”
Baasha kills Nadab at Gibbethon and seizes the throne
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 15:27–30. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 15:27–30
Read 1 Kings 15:29 with 15:27–30. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Introduces Baasha's conspiracy and killing of Nadab during the siege of Philistine Gibbethon; restates Jeroboam's culpability for his own sin and his influence on Israel.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Baasha kills Nadab and destroys Jeroboam's house,” 1 Kings 15:29 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 15:25–26 establishes this prior movement: Dates Nadab's accession and brief two-year northern reign; evaluates Nadab as continuing Jeroboam's way and public sin. 1 Kings 15:27–30 escalates the unresolved conflict and its human cost; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 15:27–30 together
Why these verses belong together: Baasha kills Nadab and destroys Jeroboam's house is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 15:27–15:30.
Verse 27. 27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
Verse 28. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
Verse 29. 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
Verse 30. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
What Remains True
Power remains accountable for every person exposed, silenced, displaced, injured, or killed even when the narrative also reports fulfillment or victory. This unit tests that truth through introduces Baasha's conspiracy and killing of Nadab during the siege of Philistine Gibbethon; restates Jeroboam's culpability for his own sin and his influence on Israel. In 1 Kings 15:29, the concrete line “And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 15:27–30 — Baasha kills Nadab and destroys Jeroboam's houseSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 15:27–30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 15:27–30
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 614–616, translation and translator notes for 15:27–30
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