1 Kings 15:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

in Tirzah. See notes on 1 Kings 14:17 and 1 Kings 15:21.

twenty and four years. Began in the third year of Asa. Therefore he died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa (1 Kings 16:8). Yet in the thirty-sixth year Baasha came and made war against Judah (2 Chronicles 16:1). This would be nine or ten years after he was dead. But see note on 2 Chronicles 16:1, where the word "reign" should be rendered "kingdom": i.e. the thirty-sixth year from the kingdom of Israel. See App-50.

1 Kings 15:33

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.