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


In Context

18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

19 There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

20 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith 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, are they not 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 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:21And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.

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 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.