* A.M. 3074. B.C. 930. Baasha.
# 27; 2Ch 16:1-6|
* 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.
# 21; Jos 18:25; 1Sa 15:34; Jer 31:15|
* he might not suffer.
# 12:27; 2Ch 11:13-17|
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