1 Kings 15:21
World English Bible (WEB)
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
In context
19 “Let there be a treaty between me and you, like that between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
20 Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22 Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
1 Kings 15:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
- KJV King James Version
- And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and it cometh to pass at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it came to pass, when Baasha heard of it , that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.