1Ki 15 | ABEn | STEP | And in the eighteenth year of the reigning of Jeroboam son of Nebat, [ 4 reigned 1 Abijam 2 son 3 of Rehoboam] over Judah.

1 Kings 15

CHAPTER 15 Abijam Reigns over Judah

1 And in the eighteenth year of the reigning of Jeroboam son of Nebat, [⁴reigned ¹Abijam ²son ³of Rehoboam] over Judah. 2 And three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Maachah daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he went in the sins of his father which he did before him. And [²was not ¹his heart] perfect with the lord his God, as the heart of David his grand father. 4 But on account of David [³gave ⁴to him ¹the lord ²his God] a vestige in Jerusalem, that he should establish his children after him, and establish Jerusalem, 5 as David did the upright thing before the lord, and did not turn aside from all which he gave charge to him, all the days of his life, 6 except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. And war was between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 And the rest of the words of Abijam and all the things which he did, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ²are] written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and between Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers. And they entombed him in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Asa ²his son] instead of him.

Asa Reigns in Judah

9 In the [²year ¹twentieth] of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa reigned over Judah. 10 And forty and one year he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Maachah daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did the upright thing before the lord as David his father. 12 And he removed the mystic rites from the land, and sent out all the practices which [²did ¹his fathers]. 13 And [²Maachah ³his mother ¹he removed] so as to not be ruling, as she observed a convocation in her sacred grove. And Asa cut off her retreats, and he burnt them in fire at the rushing stream Kidron. 14 But the high places he removed not. Except the heart of Asa was perfect with the lord all his days. 15 And Asa carried into the house of the lord the monumental pillars of his father, and the monumental pillars of silver and of gold, and he carried into the house of the lord silver and gold and vessels.

Israel Wars with Judah

16 And there was war between Asa and between Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And [⁴ascended ¹Baasha ²king ³of Israel] against Judah, and he built Ramah, so as not to be going forth and entering to Asa king of Judah. 18 And Asa took all the silver and the gold being found in the treasuries of the house of the lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king; and he put them into the hands of his servants. And [³sent ⁴them ¹king ²Asa] to the son of Hadad, son of Tabrimon, son of Hezion, king of Syria, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying, 19 A covenant between me and between you, and between my father and your father! Behold, I have sent to you gifts of silver and of gold, come efface your covenant with Baasha king of Israel! and he shall ascend from me. 20 And [³hearkened ¹the son ²of Hadad] to king Asa, and he sent the rulers of his force in to the cities of Israel. And he struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel of the house of Maachah, and all Cinneroth, unto all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass when Baasha heard, that he stopped the building of Ramah, and he returned unto Tizrah. 22 And king Asa exhorted all Judah with no exceptions. And they lifted the stones of Ramah, and its timbers, which Baasha constructed. And [⁴built ⁵with ⁶them ¹Asa ²the ³king] the hill of Benjamin, and the height. 23 And the rest of the words of Asa, and all his dominion, and all which he did, and the cities which he built, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ⁵written ²are] upon a scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? Only in the time of his old age [²caused pain ¹his feet]. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers. And they entombed him with his fathers in the city of David his fore father. And [³reigned ¹Jehoshaphat ²his son] instead of him. 25 And Nadab son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in [²year ¹the second] of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he acted wickedly before the lord, and he went in the way of his father, and in his sins in the things which led Israel into sin. 27 And [⁸besieged ⁹against ¹⁰him ¹Baasha ²son ³of Ahijah ⁴over ⁵the ⁶house ⁷of Issachar], and he struck him in Gibbethon, the city of the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging at Gibbethon. 28 And [²put him to death ¹Baasha] in [²year ¹the third] of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned instead of him.

Baasha Strikes the House of Jeroboam

29 And it came to pass as he reigned, he struck the entire house of Jeroboam; and he left not any that breathed of Jeroboam, until utterly destroying him, (according to the saying of the lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,) 30 for the sins of Jeroboam, which he led Israel into sin, and in his provoking to anger in which he provoked to anger the lord God of Israel. 31 And the rest of the words of Nadab, and all the things which he did, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ⁵written ²are] in a scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 32 And war was between Asa and between Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33 In the [²year ¹third] of Asa king of Judah, [⁴reigned ¹Baasha ²son ³of Ahijah] over Israel in Tizrah twenty and four years. 34 And he did the wicked thing before the lord, and he went in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sins in which he led Israel into sin.