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Abijam Reigns in Judah
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam[fn] became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.[fn]
3And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather [had been]. 4 Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem {strong}. 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything [the LORD] commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6And there was war between [the houses of] Rehoboam[fn] and Jeroboam all the days of [Abijam’s] life.[fn]
7As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments [are] they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
9Asa Reigns in Judah
(2 Chronicles 14:1–15, 2 Chronicles 15:8–19)
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah, 10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s[fn] name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
11And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David [had done]. 12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 He also removed his grandmother Maacah from [her position as] queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
16War between Asa and Baasha
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days. 17 Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah vvv to prevent [anyone] from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
18So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to vvv Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus: 19 “[Let there be] a treaty[fn] between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
20vvv And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, vvv vvv Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
21When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah. 22 Then King Asa summoned all [the men] of Judah,[fn] with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with [these materials] King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
23Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments and the cities he built, [are] they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? vvv In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
24And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
25Nadab Reigns in Israel
In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit
27Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging [the city]. 28 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
29As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, 30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger
31As for the rest of the acts of Nadab, along with all his accomplishments [are] they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
33Baasha Reigns in Israel
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
34And [Baasha] did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
15:1 Abijam is a variant of Abijah; some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX Abijah; also in verses 3, 6, 7, and 8; see 2 Chronicles 12:16.
15:2 Abishalom is a variant of Absalom; also in verse 10; see 2 Chronicles 11:20.
15:6 Literally war between Rehoboam (most Hebrew manuscripts); some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac war between Abijam (that is, Abijah); most LXX texts do not contain this verse.
15:6 Literally of his life
15:10 Or The queen mother’s; Hebrew His mother’s; see verses 2 and 13.
15:19 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; twice in this verse.
15:22 Or Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah
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