1 Kings 15 · Verse 28

1 Kings 15:28

Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:28, King James Version

1 Kings 15:28 in other translations

BSBIn the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
WEBEven in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.
ASVEven in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
YLTyea, Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead.
DARBYAnd Baasha slew him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
BBEIn the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his place.
WebsterEven in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

What does 1 Kings 15:28 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 15:25-34

During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is…

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1 Kings 15:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְמִתֵ֣הוּvay.mi.Te.huand he killed himH4191
בַעְשָׁ֔אva'.Sha'BaashaH1201
בִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.Natin yearH8141
שָׁלֹ֔שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969
לְאָסָ֖אle.'a.Sa'of AsaH609
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃tach.Tavin place of himH8478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 15:28

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 15:27

    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.

  • 1 Kings 15:28

    Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 15:29

    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:

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1 Kings 15:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Matólo pues Baasa en el tercer año de Asa rey de Judá, y reinó en lugar suyo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Baësha le mit à mort la troisième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, et régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Baesa tötete ihn im dritten Jahre Asas, des Königs von Juda, und ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Interfecit ergo illum Baasa in anno tertio Asa regis Juda, et regnavit pro eo.