King Baasha did this by telling his workers to do this. AT: "he had his workers stop building up Ramah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# Tirzah
This is the name of a city. See how you translated it in [1 Kings 14:17](../14/17.md).
# No one was exempted
This can also be stated positively. AT: "Every one had to obey King Asa's proclamation"