1 Kings 15:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

There is a league

2 Chronicles 19:2

Isaiah 31:1

Break thy league

Romans 3:8

General references

2 Kings 18:15

Bible References

There is a league

Then Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.
They do not look to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Break thy league

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

“There’s a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel’s King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me.”

He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he took away the leading men of the land,

undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,

and unmerciful.

And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

General references

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace.