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1Kings 15
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15In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,H8083H6240H8141H4428H3379H1121H5028H4427H38H3063
2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.H7969H8141H4427H3389H517H8034H4601H1323H53
3He 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.H3212H2403H1H6213H6440H3824H8003H3068H430H3824H1732H1
4Nevertheless, 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.H1732H3068H430H5414H5216H3389H6965H1121H310H5975H3389
5For 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.H1732H6213H3477H5869H3068H5493H6680H3117H2416H1697H223H2850
6There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam throughout Abijah's lifetime.H4421H7346H3379H3117H2416
7As 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.H3499H1697H38H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063H4421H38H3379
8And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.H38H7901H1H6912H5892H1732H609H1121H4427
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,H6242H8141H3379H4428H3478H4427H609H3063
10and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.H705H259H8141H4427H3389H517H8034H4601H1323H53
11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.H609H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1
12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.H5674H6945H776H5493H1544H1H6213
13He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.H4601H517H5493H1377H6213H4656H842H609H3772H4656H8313H5158H6939
14Although he did not remove the high places, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.H1116H5493H609H3824H8003H3068H3117
15He brought into the temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.H935H6944H1H6944H6944H1004H3068H3701H2091H3627
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.H4421H609H1201H4428H3478H3117
17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.H1201H4428H3478H5927H3063H1129H7414H5414H3318H935H609H4428H3063
18Asa 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.H609H3947H3701H2091H3498H214H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H5414H3027H5650H4428H609H7971H1130H1121H2886H1121H2383H4428H758H3427H1834H559
19"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."H1285H1H1H7971H7810H3701H2091H3212H6565H1285H1201H4428H3478H5927
20Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.H1130H8085H4428H609H7971H8269H2428H5892H3478H5221H5859H1835H62H3672H776H5321
21When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.H1201H8085H2308H1129H7414H3427H8656
22Then 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.H4428H609H8085H3063H5355H5375H68H7414H6086H1201H1129H4428H609H1129H1387H1144H4709
23As 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.H3499H1697H609H1369H6213H5892H1129H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063H6256H2209H2470H7272
24Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.H609H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H1H3092H1121H4427
25Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.H5070H1121H3379H4427H3478H8147H8141H609H4428H3063H4427H3478H8147H8141
26He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the ways of his father and committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to commit.H6213H7451H5869H3068H3212H1870H1H2403H3478H2398
27Baasha 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.H1201H1121H281H1004H3485H7194H1201H5221H1405H6430H5070H3478H6696H1405
28Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.H7969H8141H609H4428H3063H1201H4191H4427
29As 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.H4427H5221H1004H3379H7604H3379H5397H8045H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H281H7888
30This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel.H2403H3379H2398H3478H2398H3708H3068H430H3478H3707
31As 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?H3499H1697H5070H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3478
32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.H4421H609H1201H4428H3478H3117
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.H7969H8141H609H4428H3063H1201H1121H281H4427H3478H8656H6242H702H8141
34He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.H6213H7451H5869H3068H3212H1870H3379H2403H3478H2398


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