Now in the eighteenth year
of king
Jeroboam
the son
of Nebat
reigned
Abijam
over Judah
.
Three years
reigned
he in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Maachah
, the daughter
of Abishalom
.
And he walked in all the sins
of his father
, which he had done
before
him: and his heart
was not perfect
with the LORD
his God
, as the heart
of David
his father
.
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD
his God
give
him a lamp
in Jerusalem
, to set up
his son
after
him, and to establish
Jerusalem
:
Because David did
that which was right
in the eyes
of the LORD
, and turned not aside
from any thing that he commanded
him all the days
of his life
, save only in the matter
of Uriah
the Hittite
.
And there was war between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
all the days
of his life
.
Now 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
.
And Abijam slept
with his fathers
; and they buried
him in the city
of David
: and Asa
his son
reigned
in his stead.
And in the twentieth year
of Jeroboam
king
of Israel
reigned
Asa
over Judah
.
And forty and one
years
reigned
he in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Maachah
, the daughter
of Abishalom
.
And Asa did
that which was right
in the eyes
of the LORD
, as did David
his father
.
And he took away the sodomites
out of the land
, and removed
all the idols
that his fathers
had made
.
And also Maachah his mother
, even her he removed
from being queen
, because she had made
an idol
in a grove
; and Asa
destroyed
her idol
, and burnt
it by the brook
Kidron
.
But the high places were not removed
: nevertheless Asa's
heart
was perfect
with the LORD
all his days
.
And he brought in the things
which his father
had dedicated
, and the things which himself had dedicated
, into the house
of the LORD
, silver
, and gold
, and vessels
.
And there was war between Asa
and Baasha
king
of Israel
all their days
.
And Baasha king
of Israel
went up
against Judah
, and built
Ramah
, that he might not suffer
any to go out
or come in
to Asa
king
of Judah
.
Then Asa took
all the silver
and the gold
that were left
in the treasures
of the house
of the LORD
, and the treasures
of the king's
house
, and delivered
them into the hand
of his servants
: and king
Asa
sent
them to Benhadad
, the son
of Tabrimon
, the son
of Hezion
, king
of Syria
, that dwelt
at Damascus
, saying
,
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.
So Benhadad hearkened
unto king
Asa
, and sent
the captains
of the hosts
which he had against the cities
of Israel
, and smote
Ijon
, and Dan
, and Abelbethmaachah
, and all Cinneroth
, with all the land
of Naphtali
.
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard
thereof , that he left off
building
of Ramah
, and dwelt
in Tirzah
.
Then king Asa
made a proclamation
throughout all Judah
; none was exempted
: and they took
away the stones
of Ramah
, and the timber
thereof, wherewith Baasha
had builded
; and king
Asa
built
with them Geba
of Benjamin
, and Mizpah
.
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
? Nevertheless in the time
of his old age
he was diseased
in his feet
.
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.
And Nadab the son
of Jeroboam
began to reign
over Israel
in the second
year
of Asa
king
of Judah
, and reigned
over Israel
two
years
.
And he did evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, and walked
in the way
of his father
, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel
to sin
.
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
laid siege
to Gibbethon
.
Even in the third year
of Asa
king
of Judah
did Baasha
slay
him, and reigned
in his stead.
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that 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 the LORD
, which he spake
by
his servant
Ahijah
the Shilonite
:
Because of the sins of Jeroboam
which he sinned
, and which he made Israel
sin
, by his provocation
wherewith he provoked the LORD
God
of Israel
to anger
.
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
?
And there was war between Asa
and Baasha
king
of Israel
all their days
.
In the third year
of Asa
king
of Judah
began Baasha
the son
of Ahijah
to reign
over all Israel
in Tirzah
, twenty
and four
years
.
And he did evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, and walked
in the way
of Jeroboam
, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel
to sin
.