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A Successful Diversion
Commentators explain that King Asa's strategy to divert his enemy was immediately successful. When King Baasha of Israel heard that the Syrian army was attacking his northern territories, he abandoned his threatening construction project at Ramah and retreated to his capital, Tirzah, to address the new threat.
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 15:21
19th Century
Bishop
Dwelt in Tirzah —that is, returned to his own capital: in the first instance, of course, retiring to meet the new enemy in the nor…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 15:21
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof
What was doing in the northern part of his kingdom:
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 15:9–24
17th Century
Minister
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is right in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He remove…