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1 Kings 15:33 Explained in Context
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Verse 33. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
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Role in This Section
At 1 Kings 15:33, the narrator dates Baasha's accession and twenty-four-year reign at Tirzah.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 15:31–15:34
Read 1 Kings 15:33 with 1 Kings 15:31–15:34, titled “Nadab's notice yields to Baasha's reign.” Dates Baasha's accession and twenty-four-year reign at Tirzah.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 15:33 dates Baasha's accession and twenty-four-year reign at Tirzah; its significance depends on the whole movement of 1 Kings 15:31–15:34 and should not be taught as an independent conclusion.
Read 1 Kings 15:31–34 together
Why these verses belong together: Nadab's notice yields to Baasha's reign is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 15:31–15:34.
Verse 31. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Verse 32. 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Verse 33. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
Verse 34. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 15:31–15:34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
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