 1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 He walked in all the sins of his father that he had done before him. And his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem, 5 because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and did not turn aside from all that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did are written in the book of the kings of Judah. There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and his son Asa reigned in his place. 9 In the twentieth year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa reigned over Judah. 10 He reigned in Jerusalem 41 years. And his grandmother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did. 12 He took away the sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 Also he even removed his mother Maachah from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove. And Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the river Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed. But Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. 15 He brought in the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver and gold and vessels. 16 There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days. 17 King Baasha of Israel went against Judah and built Ramah so that he might not allow any to go out or come in to King Asa of Judah. 18 Asa took all of the silver and gold left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house and delivered them to his servants. King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of King Hezion of Syria who lived at Damascus saying, 19 There is a treaty between you and me, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he may depart from me. 20 Benhadad listened to king Asa and sent the commanders of the armies that he had against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 When Baasha heard, he stopped building Ramah and lived in Tirzah. 22 King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah. No one was free from it. They took away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities that he built are written in the book of the kings of Judah. But in his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24 So Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David his father. Then his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place. 25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of King Asa of Judah and reigned over Israel two years. 26 He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in sin with which he made Israel to sin. 27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha struck him at Gibbethon that was to the Philistines. For Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28 In the third year of King Asa of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place. 29 When he reigned, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave Jeroboam any who breathed until he had destroyed him according to the saying of the Lord that He spoke by His servant Ahijah the man of Shiloh. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he made Israel sin by his provocation that provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger. 31 The rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 32 There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days. 33 In the third year of King Asa of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, 24 years. 34 He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in sin that made Israel to sin.
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