Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 15:17

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am 3074, bc 930 Baasha: Kg1 15:27; Ch2 16:1-6 Ramah: By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it, in order to prevent all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah, lest his subjects should cleave to the house of David. for Ramah was a city of Benjamin, situated on the confines of both kingdoms, probably on a hill, as the name imports, commanding a narrow defile between the mountains, through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so that a fortification being erected here, no communication could be held between the people of Israel and Judah, without Baasha's permission. Kg1 15:21; Jos 18:25; Sa1 15:34; Jer 31:15 he might not suffer: Kg1 12:27; Ch2 11:13-17 3 Kings (1 Kings) 15:18

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