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9 In the twentieth year of King Yarave’am’s reign over Yisrael, Asa became king of Yehudah 10 and reigned from Yerushalem for forty-one years. (His grandmother was Abishalom’s daughter Maakah.) 11 Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, like his ancestor David had done, 12 and he expelled the male prostitutes from the country and removed all the idols made by the previous generations.[ref] 13 He also removed his grandmother Maakah from being queen-mother because she had made a horrid Asherah goddess, then he cut down her horrid idol and burnt it in the Kidron valley. 14 He didn’t remove the hilltop temples, but despite that he was fully devoted to Yahweh all his life. 15 He brought everything that father had dedicated, plus more of his own, into Yahweh’s temple, including gold, silver, and containers.
16 Asa and King Baasha of Yisrael were in a continual state of war during their reigns. 17 King Baasha invaded Yehudah and fortified Ramah so that no one could pass in or out to help King Asa of Yehudah. 18 So Asa took all the remaining gold and silver from the temple and palace storerooms, and sent it with his servants to take to Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of King Hezion of Aram who lived in Damascus, to tell him, 19 “You and me have an agreement between us that was made by our two fathers, so look, I’ve sent a present of gold and silver to you. So then, break your agreement with King Baasha of Yisrael so he’ll give up on attacking me.”
20 Ben-Hadad did what king Asa requested, and he sent the commanders of his best warriors to attack Israeli cities including Iyon, Dan, Abel-Beyt-Maakah, and all Kinnerot along with all Naftali region. 21 When King Baasha heard about that, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirtsah.
22 Then King Asa informed all Yehudah that they were needed at Ramah. They removed the stones and timber from Baasha’s fortifications, and king Asa used the materials to build Geba (in Benyamin) and Mitspah. 23 Everything else that Asa did, and all his great works and all the cities he built, are described in the book of the events of the kings of Yehudah. However in his old age, he developed problems with his feet. 24 Then he died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David (also his ancestor) and his son Yehoshafat replaced him as king.
14 Then Aviyah died and they buried him with his ancestors in ‘The city of David’, and his son Asa, reigned in his place. During his rule, the country was peaceful for ten years. 2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of his god Yahweh—3 he removed the pagan altars and the hilltop shrines, smashed the sacred stone pillars, and cut the Asherah poles down. 4 He ordered the people in Yehudah to worship Yahweh, the god of their ancestors, and to obey his instructions and regulations. 5 He removed all the hilltop shrines from Yehudah’s cities and the incense altars, and the kingdom was peaceful under his rule.
16 King Asa also removed his mother Maakah from her position as queen because she made a disguisting Asherah pole. Asa cut down the pole and crushed it, and burnt it at the Kidron brook, 17 although they didn’t remove the hilltop shrines from Yisrael. Nevertheless, Asa maintained his singular devotion to Yahweh all his lifetime, 18 and he brought his father’s sacred things, and his own, into God’s temple house of God—gold and silver items. 19 There was no more war in Yehudah until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
16 In the thirty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign, Yisrael’s king Baasha invaded Yehudah and built Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of Yehudah’s King Asa. 2 Asa took gold and silver from the temple treasuries and the king’s palace, and he sent it to King Ben-Hadad of Aram (modern Syria), who lived in Damascus, requesting, 3 “I want a peace treaty between you and me, and between your family and mine. Listen, I’ve sent gold and silver to you. Go and break your agreement with Yisrael’s King Baasha, so he’ll give up on his attack against me.”
4 Ben-Hadad accepted King Asa’s suggestion and sent his army captains to fight against Yisrael’s cities. They struck Iyyon, Dan, and Abel-Mayim, and all the storehouses in the Naftali cities. 5 When King Baasha heard about that, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the project, 6 so King Asa took men there from Yehudah. They carried away all the building stones from Ramah, along with the timber which Baasha had been using, and used it all to build Geva and Mitspah (north of Yerushalem).
11 and sacrificed seven hundred bulls to Yahweh and seven thousand sheep—all of which had come from the recent plunder. 12 They solemnly agreed to sincerely and diligently devote themselves to Yahweh, the god of their ancestors. 13 They decided that anyone who didn’t worship Yisrael’s god Yahweh must be killed, man or woman, and whether or not they had an important position. 14 They loudly promised that together to Yahweh, then shouted and blew trumpets and horns,
2Ch 15:8-15:
8 When King Asa heard those words and the prophecy from the prophet Oded’s son, he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from across Yehudah and Benyamin, and from the cities that he’d captured from the Efrayim hill country. Also, he repaired the altar to Yahweh that stood in front of Yahweh’s temple.
9 He assembled all the people from Yehudah and Benyamin, as well as the many people who had joined them from the tribes of Efrayim, Menashsheh, and Shimeon. (Many people had emmigrated from Yisrael into Yehudah when they had realised that his God Yahweh was helping him.) 10 They gathered together in Yerushalem in June of the fifteenth year of King Asa’s reign 11 and sacrificed seven hundred bulls to Yahweh and seven thousand sheep—all of which had come from the recent plunder. 12 They solemnly agreed to sincerely and diligently devote themselves to Yahweh, the god of their ancestors. 13 They decided that anyone who didn’t worship Yisrael’s god Yahweh must be killed, man or woman, and whether or not they had an important position. 14 They loudly promised that together to Yahweh, then shouted and blew trumpets and horns, 15 and all Yehudah celebrated that promise because they were totally sincere and committed. They asked Yahweh to give them guidance which he did, and he enabled them to have peace throughout their country.