Now in the eighteenth{H8083} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028} began Abijam{H38} to reign{H4427} over Judah.{H3063}

Three{H7969} years{H8141} reigned{H4427} he in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Maacah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Abishalom.{H53}

And he walked{H3212} in all the sins{H2403} of his father,{H1} which he had done{H6213} before{H6440} him; and his heart{H3824} was not perfect{H8003} with Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} as the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} his father.{H1}

Nevertheless for David's{H1732} sake did Jehovah{H3068} his God{H430} give{H5414} him a lamp{H5216} in Jerusalem,{H3389} to set up{H6965} his son{H1121} after{H310} him, and to establish{H5975} Jerusalem;{H3389}

because David{H1732} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and turned not aside{H5493} from anything that he commanded{H6680} him all the days{H3117} of his life,{H2416} save only in the matter{H1697} of Uriah{H223} the Hittite.{H2850}

Now there was war{H4421} between Rehoboam{H7346} and Jeroboam{H3379} all the days{H3117} of his life.{H2416}

And the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Abijam,{H38} and all that he did,{H6213} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Judah?{H3063} And there was war{H4421} between Abijam{H38} and Jeroboam.{H3379}

And Abijam{H38} slept{H7901} with his fathers;{H1} and they buried{H6912} him in the city{H5892} of David:{H1732} and Asa{H609} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And in the twentieth{H6242} year{H8141} of Jeroboam{H3379} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} began Asa{H609} to reign{H4427} over Judah.{H3063}

And forty{H705} and one{H259} years{H8141} reigned{H4427} he in Jerusalem:{H3389} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Maacah{H4601} the daughter{H1323} of Abishalom.{H53}

And Asa{H609} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} as did David{H1732} his father.{H1}

And he put away{H5674} the sodomites{H6945} out of the land,{H776} and removed{H5493} all the idols{H1544} that his fathers{H1} had made.{H6213}

And also Maacah{H4601} his mother{H517} he removed{H5493} from being queen,{H1377} because she had made{H6213} an abominable image{H4656} for an Asherah;{H842} and Asa{H609} cut down{H3772} her image,{H4656} and burnt{H8313} it at the brook{H5158} Kidron.{H6939}

But the high places{H1116} were not taken away:{H5493} nevertheless the heart{H3824} of Asa{H609} was perfect{H8003} with Jehovah{H3068} all his days.{H3117}

And he brought{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} the things{H6944} that his father{H1} had dedicated,{H6944} and the things that himself had dedicated,{H6944} silver,{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and vessels.{H3627}

And there was war{H4421} between Asa{H609} and Baasha{H1201} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} all their days.{H3117}

And Baasha{H1201} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} went up{H5927} against Judah,{H3063} and built{H1129} Ramah,{H7414} that he might not suffer{H5414} any one to go out{H3318} or come in{H935} to Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah.{H3063}

Then Asa{H609} took{H3947} all the silver{H3701} and the gold{H2091} that were left{H3498} in the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and delivered{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of his servants;{H5650} and king{H4428} Asa{H609} sent{H7971} them to Ben-hadad,{H1130} the son{H1121} of Tabrimmon,{H2886} the son{H1121} of Hezion,{H2383} king{H4428} of Syria,{H758} that dwelt{H3427} at Damascus,{H1834} saying,{H559}

[There is] a league{H1285} between me and thee, between my father{H1} and thy father:{H1} behold, I have sent{H7971} unto thee a present{H7810} of silver{H3701} and gold;{H2091} go,{H3212} break{H6565} thy league{H1285} with Baasha{H1201} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} that he may depart{H5927} from me.

And Ben-hadad{H1130} hearkened{H8085} unto king{H4428} Asa,{H609} and sent{H7971} the captains{H8269} of his armies{H2428} against the cities{H5892} of Israel,{H3478} and smote{H5221} Ijon,{H5859} and Dan,{H1835} and Abel-beth-maacah,{H62} and all Chinneroth,{H3672} with all the land{H776} of Naphtali.{H5321}

And it came to pass, when Baasha{H1201} heard{H8085} thereof, that he left off{H2308} building{H1129} Ramah,{H7414} and dwelt{H3427} in Tirzah.{H8656}

Then king{H4428} Asa{H609} made a proclamation{H8085} unto all Judah;{H3063} none was exempted:{H5355} and they carried{H5375} away the stones{H68} of Ramah,{H7414} and the timber{H6086} thereof, wherewith Baasha{H1201} had builded;{H1129} and king{H4428} Asa{H609} built{H1129} therewith Geba{H1387} of Benjamin,{H1144} and Mizpah.{H4709}

Now the rest{H3499} of all the acts{H1697} of Asa,{H609} and all his might,{H1369} and all that he did,{H6213} and the cities{H5892} which he built,{H1129} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Judah?{H3063} But in the time{H6256} of his old age{H2209} he was diseased{H2470} in his feet.{H7272}

And Asa{H609} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and was buried{H6912} with his fathers{H1} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732} his father;{H1} and Jehoshaphat{H3092} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And Nadab{H5070} the son{H1121} of Jeroboam{H3379} began to reign{H4427} over Israel{H3478} in the second{H8147} year{H8141} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah;{H3063} and he reigned{H4427} over Israel{H3478} two{H8147} years.{H8141}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and walked{H3212} in the way{H1870} of his father,{H1} and in his sin{H2403} wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}

And Baasha{H1201} the son{H1121} of Ahijah,{H281} of the house{H1004} of Issachar,{H3485} conspired{H7194} against him; and Baasha{H1201} smote{H5221} him at Gibbethon,{H1405} which belonged to the Philistines;{H6430} for Nadab{H5070} and all Israel{H3478} were laying siege{H6696} to Gibbethon.{H1405}

Even in the third{H7969} year{H8141} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} did Baasha{H1201} slay{H4191} him, and reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king,{H4427} he smote{H5221} all the house{H1004} of Jeroboam:{H3379} he left{H7604} not to Jeroboam{H3379} any that breathed,{H5397} until he had destroyed{H8045} him; according unto the saying{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} his servant{H5650} Ahijah{H281} the Shilonite;{H7888}

for the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} which he sinned,{H2398} and wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin,{H2398} because of his provocation{H3708} wherewith he provoked Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} to anger.{H3707}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Nadab,{H5070} and all that he did,{H6213} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Israel?{H3478}

And there was war{H4421} between Asa{H609} and Baasha{H1201} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} all their days.{H3117}

In the third{H7969} year{H8141} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} began Baasha{H1201} the son{H1121} of Ahijah{H281} to reign{H4427} over all Israel{H3478} in Tirzah,{H8656} [and reigned] twenty{H6242} and four{H702} years.{H8141}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and walked{H3212} in the way{H1870} of Jeroboam,{H3379} and in his sin{H2403} wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}