1 Raja-raja 15:18-20

15:18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it ¹  to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: 15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. ²  See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” ³  15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ⁴  They conquered ⁵  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ⁷  became king over Judah.

1 Raja-raja 20:1-2

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ⁸  and besieged and attacked it. ⁹  20:2 He sent messengers to King Ahab of Israel, who was in the city. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 6:24

6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. ¹¹ 

[15:18]  ¹ tn Heb “King Asa sent it.”

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”

[15:19]  ³ tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”

[15:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

[15:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “he struck down.”

[15:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

[15:1]  ⁷ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[20:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the city.”

[6:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was five cubits, ten cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”