21And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.


In Context

18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants : and sent them to Benadad son of Tabremon the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: therefore I have sent thee presents of silver and gold: and I desire thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

20 Benadad hearkening to king Asa, sent the captains of his army against the cities of Israel, and they smote Ahion, and Dan, and Abeldomum Maacha, and all Cenneroth, that is all the land of Nephtali.

21 And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.

22 But king Asa sent word into all Juda, saying: Let no man be excused: and they took away the stones from Rama, and the timber thereof wherewith Baasa had been building, and with them Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha.

23 But the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his strength, and all that he did and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:21When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [thereof,] that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21and it cometh to pass at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelled in Tirzah.