Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5927 [e] וַיַּ֨עַל way-ya-‘al And came up Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1201 [e] בַּעְשָׁ֤א ba‘-šā Baasha N-proper-ms 4428 [e] מֶֽלֶךְ־ me-leḵ- king N-msc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ yiś-rā-’êl of Israel N-proper-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- against Prep 3063 [e] יְהוּדָ֔ה yə-hū-ḏāh, Judah N-proper-ms 1129 [e] וַיִּ֖בֶן way-yi-ḇen and fortified Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 7414 [e] הָרָמָ֑ה hā-rā-māh; Ramah Art | N-proper-fs 1115 [e] לְבִלְתִּ֗י lə-ḇil-tî, that none Prep-l 5414 [e] תֵּ֚ת têṯ he might let V-Qal-Inf 3318 [e] יֹצֵ֣א yō-ṣê go out V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 935 [e] וָבָ֔א wā-ḇā, or come in Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 609 [e] לְאָסָ֖א lə-’ā-sā to Asa Prep-l | N-proper-ms 4428 [e] מֶ֥לֶךְ me-leḵ king N-msc 3063 [e] יְהוּדָֽה׃ yə-hū-ḏāh. of Judah N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

King James Bible
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel's King Baasha went to war against Judah. He built Ramah in order to deny anyone access to Judah's King Asa.

A.M.

1 Kings 15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired …

2 Chronicles 16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of …

Ramah By building Ramah is here meant fortifying it, in order to prevent all intercourse with the kingdom of Judah, lest his subjects should cleave to the house of David: for Ramah was a city of Benjamin, situated on the confines of both kingdoms, probably on a hill, as the name imports, commanding a narrow defile between the mountains, through which lay the principal road to Jerusalem; so that a fortification being erected here, no communication could be held between the people of Israel and Judah, without Baasha's permission.

1 Kings 15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off …

Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

1 Samuel 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

Jeremiah 31:15 Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and …

he might not suffer

1 Kings 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at …

2 Chronicles 11:13-17 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted …

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