1 Kings 15:19 meaning and explanation
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
1 Kings 15:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Asa, king of Judah, is speaking here to Ben-hadad, king of Aram in Damascus. Baasha of Israel had fortified Ramah to blockade Judah's northern border, so Asa empties the temple and palace treasuries and sends the silver and gold as a gift, asking Ben-hadad to break his existing treaty with Baasha and attack Israel from the north.
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