1 Kings 15:22

Easy To Read Version

Then king Asa gave an order to all of the people of Judah. Every person had to help. They went to Ramah and took all the stones and wood that Baasha was using to make that city strong. They carried those things to Geba in the land of Benjamin and to Mizpah. Then King Asa built those two towns much stronger.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:17

Baasha fought against Judah. Baasha wanted to stop people from going into or coming out of Asa’s country of Judah. So he made the city of Ramah very strong.

2 Chronicles 16:6

Then King Asa called all the men of Judah together. They went to the town of Ramah and took away the rocks and wood that Baasha used to make the fortress. Asa and the men of Judah used the rocks and wood to make the towns of Geba and Mizpah stronger.

Jeremiah 40:10

I, myself, will live in Mizpah. I will speak for you before the Chaldean people that come here. You people leave that work to me. You should harvest the wine, the summer fruit, and the oil. Put what you harvest in your storage jars. Live in the towns that you have taken control of.”

Jeremiah 40:6

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. Jeremiah stayed with Gedaliah among the people that were left behind in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 41:9

(Ishmael threw the dead bodies into the cistern until it was full—and that cistern was very big! It had been built by a king of Judah named Asa. King Asa had made the cistern so that during war there would be water in the city. {\cf2\super [339]} Asa did this to protect his city from Baasha, the king of Israel.)

Zechariah 14:10

At that time, the whole area around Jerusalem will become \{empty\} like the Arabah desert. The country will be like a desert from Geba to Rimmon in the Negev. But the whole city of Jerusalem will be built again—from Benjamin Gate to the First Gate (that is, the Corner Gate) and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

Joshua 18:24

Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve cities and their fields around them.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,

Joshua 21:17

They also gave Aaron’s descendants cities that belonged to the family group of Benjamin. These cities were Gibeon, Geba,

1 Samuel 7:5

Samuel said, “All Israel must meet at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you.”