1Kings 15

Abijah King of Judah

15In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,H8083H6240H8141H4428H3379H1121H5028H4427H38H30632and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.H7969H8141H4427H3389H517H8034H4601H1323H533He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.H3212H2403H1H6213H6440H3824H8003H3068H430H3824H1732H14Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.H1732H3068H430H5414H5216H3389H6965H1121H310H5975H33895For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD'S commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.H1732H6213H3477H5869H3068H5493H6680H3117H2416H1697H223H28506There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout Abijah's lifetime.H4421H7346H3379H3117H24167As for the other events of Abijah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.H3499H1697H38H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063H4421H38H33798And Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.H38H7901H1H6912H5892H1732H609H1121H4427

Asa King of Judah

9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,H6242H8141H3379H4428H3478H4427H609H306310and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.H705H259H8141H4427H3389H517H8034H4601H1323H5311Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.H609H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H112He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.H5674H6945H776H5493H1544H1H621313He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole. Asa cut the pole down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.H4601H517H5493H1377H6213H4656H842H609H3772H4656H8313H5158H693914Although he did not remove the high places, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.H1116H5493H609H3824H8003H3068H311715He brought into the temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.H935H6944H1H6944H6944H1004H3068H3701H2091H362716There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.H4421H609H1201H4428H3478H311717Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.H1201H4428H3478H5927H3063H1129H7414H5414H3318H935H609H4428H306318Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD'S temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.H609H3947H3701H2091H3498H214H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H5414H3027H5650H4428H609H7971H1130H1121H2886H1121H2383H4428H758H3427H1834H55919"Let there be a treaty between me and you," he said, "as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me."H1285H1H1H7971H7810H3701H2091H3212H6565H1285H1201H4428H3478H592720Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.H1130H8085H4428H609H7971H8269H2428H5892H3478H5221H5859H1835H62H3672H776H532121When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.H1201H8085H2308H1129H7414H3427H865622Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.H4428H609H8085H3063H5355H5375H68H7414H6086H1201H1129H4428H609H1129H1387H1144H470923As for all the other events of Asa's reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased.H3499H1697H609H1369H6213H5892H1129H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063H6256H2209H2470H727224Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.H609H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H1H3092H1121H4427

Nadab King of Israel

25Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.H5070H1121H3379H4427H3478H8147H8141H609H4428H3063H4427H3478H8147H814126He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, walking in the ways of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.H6213H7451H5869H3068H3212H1870H1H2403H3478H239827Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it.H1201H1121H281H1004H3485H7194H1201H5221H1405H6430H5070H3478H6696H140528Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.H7969H8141H609H4428H3063H1201H4191H442729As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite—H4427H5221H1004H3379H7604H3379H5397H8045H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H281H788830because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.H2403H3379H2398H3478H2398H3708H3068H430H3478H370731As for the other events of Nadab's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?H3499H1697H5070H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H347832There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.H4421H609H1201H4428H3478H3117

Baasha King of Israel

33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.H7969H8141H609H4428H3063H1201H1121H281H4427H3478H8656H6242H702H814134He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.H6213H7451H5869H3068H3212H1870H3379H2403H3478H2398