Verse 27
BAASHA’S REIGN, Ki 15:27 to 1 Kings 16:7.
27. Baasha… house of Issachar That is, a descendant of the fifth son of Jacob by Leah, (Genesis 30:18,) whose lot in the tribe-division of the land is described Joshua 19:17-23.
Conspired against him Baasha was probably commander, or chief captain, in Nadab’s army, and wickedly laid his schemes to assassinate the king, and use the army now at his command to establish himself upon the throne.
Gibbethon A city belonging to the territory of Dan. Joshua 19:44. It was assigned, with its suburbs, to “the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath,”
(Joshua 21:23,) but at the time of Nadab it was held by the Philistines, and probably they had always held it. It has not been identified with any modern town.
Laid siege to Gibbethon What led Nadab to turn his forces against this city does not appear. We learn from chapter 1 Kings 16:15 that the siege was continued in the time of Zimri.
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