28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 15:28

King James Version

28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

English Standard Version

28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

The Message

28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and became Israel's next king.

New King James Version

28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

New Living Translation

28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 15:28

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.