25 Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah , and he reigned over Israel two years . 26 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin . 27 Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon , which belonged to the Philistines , while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon . 28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place . 29 It came about as soon as he was king , he struck down all the household of Jeroboam . He did not leave to Jeroboam any persons alive , until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord , which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite , 30 and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned , and which he made Israel sin , because of his provocation with which he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger . 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Israel ? 32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days .
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah , Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah , and reigned twenty-four e years . 34 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 15:25-34
Commentary on 1 Kings 15:25-34
(Read 1 Kings 15:25-34)
During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divine threatenings are not designed merely to terrify. Ungodly men execute the just judgments of God upon each other. But in the midst of dreadful sins and this apparent confusion, the Lord carries on his own plan: when it is fully completed, the glorious justice, wisdom, truth, and mercy therein displayed, shall be admired and adored through all the ages of eternity.