There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Their days: not that they were always fighting. Bible.—Open war was declared only in the 35th year of Asa, (2 Chronicles 15:19) which must be dated from the schism, and not from the commencement of his reign; since his rival, Baasa, enjoyed the sovereignty only 24 years, and died in the 26th of Asa, which was the 36th from the division of the two kingdoms. Thus Hardouin observes that the years of Commodus, in some ancient Egyptians medals, are dated from the reign of Menochius. Aurelius, chief of that family; so that the first of Commodus is inscribed the twenty-first of Aurelius. Asa defeated Zara in the fifteenth, and attacked Israel in the sixteen year of his reign. Usher. Tirinus. Calmet.—Others would substitute 25 for 35, (Grot. Capel.) though contrary to the text, and to all the versions. Calmet.