1Now in the eighteenth8083 6240 year8141 of king4428 Jeroboam3379 the son1121 of Nebat5028 reigned4427 Abijam38 over Judah3063.
2Three7969 years8141 reigned4427 he in Jerusalem3389. And his mother's517 name8034 was Maachah4601, the daughter1323 of Abishalom53.
3And he walked3212 in all the sins2403 of his father1, which he had done6213 before6440 him: and his heart3824 was not perfect8003 with the LORD3068 his God430, as the heart3824 of David1732 his father1.
4Nevertheless for David's1732 sake did the LORD3068 his God430 give5414 him a lamp5216 in Jerusalem3389, to set up6965 his son1121 after310 him, and to establish5975 Jerusalem3389:
5Because David1732 did6213 that which was right3477 in the eyes5869 of the LORD3068, and turned not aside5493 from any thing that he commanded6680 him all the days3117 of his life2416, save only in the matter1697 of Uriah223 the Hittite2850.
6And there was war4421 between Rehoboam7346 and Jeroboam3379 all the days3117 of his life2416.
7Now the rest3499 of the acts1697 of Abijam38, and all that he did6213, are they not written3789 in the book5612 of the chronicles1697 3117 of the kings4428 of Judah3063? And there was war4421 between Abijam38 and Jeroboam3379.
8And Abijam38 slept7901 with his fathers1; and they buried6912 him in the city5892 of David1732: and Asa609 his son1121 reigned4427 in his stead.
9And in the twentieth6242 year8141 of Jeroboam3379 king4428 of Israel3478 reigned4427 Asa609 over Judah3063.
10And forty705 and one259 years8141 reigned4427 he in Jerusalem3389. And his mother's517 name8034 was Maachah4601, the daughter1323 of Abishalom53.
11And Asa609 did6213 that which was right3477 in the eyes5869 of the LORD3068, as did David1732 his father1.
12And he took away5674 the sodomites6945 out of the land776, and removed5493 all the idols1544 that his fathers1 had made6213.
13And also Maachah4601 his mother517, even her he removed5493 from being queen1377, because she had made6213 an idol4656 in a grove842; and Asa609 destroyed3772 her idol4656, and burnt8313 it by the brook5158 Kidron6939.
14But the high places1116 were not removed5493: nevertheless Asa's609 heart3824 was perfect8003 with the LORD3068 all his days3117.
15And he brought935 in the things6944 which his father1 had dedicated6944, and the things which himself had dedicated6944, into the house1004 of the LORD3068, silver3701, and gold2091, and vessels3627.
16And there was war4421 between Asa609 and Baasha1201 king4428 of Israel3478 all their days3117.
17And Baasha1201 king4428 of Israel3478 went up5927 against Judah3063, and built1129 Ramah7414, that he might not suffer5414 any to go out3318 or come in935 to Asa609 king4428 of Judah3063.
18Then Asa609 took3947 all the silver3701 and the gold2091 that were left3498 in the treasures214 of the house1004 of the LORD3068, and the treasures214 of the king's4428 house1004, and delivered5414 them into the hand3027 of his servants5650: and king4428 Asa609 sent7971 them to Benhadad1130, the son1121 of Tabrimon2886, the son1121 of Hezion2383, king4428 of Syria758, that dwelt3427 at Damascus1834, saying559,
19There is a league1285 between me and thee, and between my father1 and thy father1: behold, I have sent7971 unto thee a present7810 of silver3701 and gold2091; come3212 and break6565 thy league1285 with Baasha1201 king4428 of Israel3478, that he may depart5927 from me.
20So Benhadad1130 hearkened8085 unto king4428 Asa609, and sent7971 the captains8269 of the hosts2428 which he had against the cities5892 of Israel3478, and smote5221 Ijon5859, and Dan1835, and Abelbethmaachah62, and all Cinneroth3672, with all the land776 of Naphtali5321.
21And it came to pass, when Baasha1201 heard8085 thereof, that he left off2308 building1129 of Ramah7414, and dwelt3427 in Tirzah8656.
22Then king4428 Asa609 made a proclamation8085 throughout all Judah3063; none was exempted5355: and they took5375 away the stones68 of Ramah7414, and the timber6086 thereof, wherewith Baasha1201 had builded1129; and king4428 Asa609 built1129 with them Geba1387 of Benjamin1144, and Mizpah4709.
23The rest3499 of all the acts1697 of Asa609, and all his might1369, and all that he did6213, and the cities5892 which he built1129, are they not written3789 in the book5612 of the chronicles1697 3117 of the kings4428 of Judah3063? Nevertheless in the time6256 of his old age2209 he was diseased2470 in his feet7272.
24And Asa609 slept7901 with his fathers1, and was buried6912 with his fathers1 in the city5892 of David1732 his father1: and Jehoshaphat3092 his son1121 reigned4427 in his stead.
25And Nadab5070 the son1121 of Jeroboam3379 began to reign4427 over Israel3478 in the second8147 year8141 of Asa609 king4428 of Judah3063, and reigned4427 over Israel3478 two8147 years8141.
26And he did6213 evil7451 in the sight5869 of the LORD3068, and walked3212 in the way1870 of his father1, and in his sin2403 wherewith he made Israel3478 to sin2398.
27And Baasha1201 the son1121 of Ahijah281, of the house1004 of Issachar3485, conspired7194 against him; and Baasha1201 smote5221 him at Gibbethon1405, which belonged to the Philistines6430; for Nadab5070 and all Israel3478 laid siege6696 to Gibbethon1405.
28Even in the third7969 year8141 of Asa609 king4428 of Judah3063 did Baasha1201 slay4191 him, and reigned4427 in his stead.
29And it came to pass, when he reigned4427, that he smote5221 all the house1004 of Jeroboam3379; he left7604 not to Jeroboam3379 any that breathed5397, until he had destroyed8045 him, according unto the saying1697 of the LORD3068, which he spake1696 by3027 his servant5650 Ahijah281 the Shilonite7888:
30Because of the sins2403 of Jeroboam3379 which he sinned2398, and which he made Israel3478 sin2398, by his provocation3708 wherewith he provoked the LORD3068 God430 of Israel3478 to anger3707.
31Now the rest3499 of the acts1697 of Nadab5070, and all that he did6213, are they not written3789 in the book5612 of the chronicles1697 3117 of the kings4428 of Israel3478?
32And there was war4421 between Asa609 and Baasha1201 king4428 of Israel3478 all their days3117.
33In the third7969 year8141 of Asa609 king4428 of Judah3063 began Baasha1201 the son1121 of Ahijah281 to reign4427 over all Israel3478 in Tirzah8656, twenty6242 and four702 years8141.
34And he did6213 evil7451 in the sight5869 of the LORD3068, and walked3212 in the way1870 of Jeroboam3379, and in his sin2403 wherewith he made Israel3478 to sin2398.