| 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began
Abijam to reign over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all
the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not
perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and
turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his
life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 Now there was war
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was
war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and
they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his
stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign
over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that
which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father. 12 And he
put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his
fathers had made. 13 And also Maacah his mother he removed from being
queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut
down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places
were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah
all his days. 15 And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that
his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver,
and gold, and vessels.
16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that
he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and
delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to
Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt
at Damascus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee,
between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of
silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may
depart from me. 20 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the
captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off
building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation
unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah,
and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built
therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he
did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was
diseased in his feet. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried
with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his stead.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second
year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he
did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his
father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 And Baasha the
son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha
smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all
Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28 Even in the third year of Asa
king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it
came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of
Jeroboam: he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed
him; according unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant
Ahijah the Shilonite; 30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and
wherewith he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation wherewith he
provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 And there
was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah
to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four
years. 34 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and
walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
sin.
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