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Bob Utley · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Utley- "eighteenth year" 1 Kings 14:21 has "seventeen." The difference may be in the way the two kingdoms counted the reign of a king. See Edwin R. Thiele,See The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, p. 80. Warren
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Utley - "fortified Ramah" Baasha tried to isolate Jerusalem from trade from the north and from the coast by turning the city of Ramah, which was only a short distance north of Jerusalem, into a fortified city. Dale Ralph Davis: Ramah was strategic: it was only five-plus miles north of Asa’s Jerusalem, sat astride the north-south trunk road, and controlled Judah’s best western access to the coastal plain via Beth-horon. Baasha’s design was no secret; it smells like an economic blockade (v. 17b). (ED: I AGREE BUT IT WAS ALSO A WAY TO PREVENT DEFECTION OF THOSE IN THE NORTH TO THE TRUE RELIGION OF THE SOUTH). John Whitcomb agrees with me writing "Baasha’s invasion of Judah and his fortification of Ramah (five miles north of Jerusalem) was his Berlin wall response to the powerful magnet of revival in Jerusalem to the south (cf. 2Ch 15:9). The king of Israel realized full well that it was his most stalwart citizens who were leaving him, the very life blood of the nation, and he took drastic means to stop it. 1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, Asa: 1Ki 15:15 14:26 2Ki 12:18 18:15,16 2Ch 15:18 16:2-6 Ben-hadad: 1Ki 20:1-5,33,34 2Ki 8:7-15 Damascus: 1Ki 11:23,24 Ge 14:15 15:2 Jer 49:27 Am 1:4 1 Kings 15 Resources - multiple sermons and commentaries Related Passages: 2 Chronicles 16:2-4, 7-10+ Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king’s house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, 2 Chronicles 16:7-10+ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand. 8 “Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. 9 “For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.” (ED: WERE THREE YEARS OF SEVERELY DISEASED FEET 2Ch 16:12-14+ ALSO PART OF GOD'S DISCIPLINE? I THINK SO!) 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. (