1 Kings 15:28
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New International Version (©2011)
Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
In the third year of Judah's King Asa, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Baasha killed him during the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah and took Nadab's place as king.

NET Bible (©2006)
Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa's reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The assassination happened in Asa's third year as king of Judah. Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his place.

American King James Version
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa king of Juda, and reigned in his place.

Darby Bible Translation
And Baasha slew him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

World English Bible
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill him, and reigned in his place.

Young's Literal Translation
yea, Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 28. - Even in the third year of Asa [We have here (as in 1 Kings 16:8, 23) a conspicuous instance of the Hebrew habit of counting parts of years as entire years. It is obvious that if Nadab succeeded to the throne in the second (ver. 25) and died in the third year of Asa, he cannot have reigned two full years] king of Judah did Baasha slay him [As the assassination took place during the siege, it is extremely probable that Baasha, like Omri, was the captain of the host], and reigned in his stead. [Probably Nadab had showed himself quite unequal to the task of governing, of which reading the army was in that age a principal function (1 Samuel 8:20). It is just possible that in the occupation of Gibbethon by Philistines we have a proof of his feebleness and incapacity. Anyhow, when the strong hand of Jeroboam is removed, the fruits of the rebellion at once begin to appear. The contempt and defiance which Jeroboam had showed towards constituted authority are now manifested towards his successor. Baasha only takes a leaf out of Jeroboam's book (1 Kings 11:26).]

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. Which seems to be his only or chief view in slaying him, to get possession of his kingdom.

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Nadab's Wicked Reign in Israel
…27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: …

1 Kings 15:16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
1 Kings 15:27 Baasha son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it.
1 Kings 15:29 As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.