‏ 1 Kings 15

CHAPTER 15

Abijam Reigns over Judah

1And in the eighteenth year of the reigning of Jeroboam son of Nebat, [⁴reigned ¹Abijam ²son ³of Rehoboam] over Judah. 2And three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name   of his mother was Maachah daughter of Abishalom. 3And he went in the sins   of his father which he did before him. And [²was not   ¹his heart] perfect with the lord  his God, as the heart of David   his grand father. 4But on account of David [³gave ⁴to him ¹the lord    ²his God] a vestige in Jerusalem, that he should establish   his children after him, and establish   Jerusalem, 5as David did the upright thing  before the lord, and did not turn aside from all which he gave charge to him, all the days   of his life, 6except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. And war was between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days   of his life. 7And the rest of the words of Abijam and all the things which he did, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ²are] written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and between Jeroboam. 8And Abijam slept with   his fathers. And they entombed him  in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Asa ²his son] instead of him.

Asa Reigns in Judah

9In the [²year   ¹twentieth]   of Jeroboam king   of Israel, Asa reigned over Judah. 10And forty and one year he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name   of his mother was Maachah daughter of Abishalom. 11And Asa did the upright thing  before the lord  as David   his father. 12And he removed the mystic rites from the land, and sent out all the practices which [²did   ¹his fathers]. 13And   [²Maachah   ³his mother ¹he removed]   so as to not be ruling, as she observed a convocation in   her sacred grove. And Asa cut off   her retreats, and he burnt them  in fire at the rushing stream Kidron. 14But the high places  he removed not. Except the heart of Asa was perfect with the lord  all   his days. 15And Asa carried into the house of the lord  the monumental pillars   of his father, and the monumental pillars   of silver and of gold, and he carried into the house of the lord  silver and gold and vessels.

Israel Wars with Judah

16And there was war between Asa and between Baasha king of Israel all   their days. 17And [⁴ascended ¹Baasha ²king ³of Israel] against Judah, and he built   Ramah, so as  not to be going forth and entering to  Asa king of Judah. 18And Asa took all the silver and the gold   being found in the treasuries of the house of the lord, and in the treasuries of the house of the king; and he put them into the hands   of his servants. And [³sent ⁴them   ¹king ²Asa] to the son of Hadad, son of Tabrimon, son of Hezion, king of Syria, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying, 19A covenant between me and between you, and between   my father and   your father! Behold, I have sent to you gifts of silver and of gold, come efface   your covenant   with Baasha king of Israel! and he shall ascend from me. 20And [³hearkened ¹the son ²of Hadad]   to king Asa, and he sent the rulers   of his force in to the cities   of Israel. And he struck   Ijon, and   Dan, and   Abel of the house of Maachah, and all   Cinneroth, unto all the land of Naphtali. 21And it came to pass when Baasha heard, that he stopped the building   of Ramah, and he returned unto Tizrah. 22And   king Asa exhorted all Judah with no exceptions. And they lifted the stones   of Ramah, and   its timbers, which Baasha constructed. And [⁴built ⁵with ⁶them ¹Asa ²the ³king] the hill of Benjamin, and the height. 23And the rest of the words of Asa, and all   his dominion, and all which he did, and the cities which he built, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ⁵written ²are] upon a scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? Only in the time   of his old age [²caused pain   ¹his feet]. 24And Asa slept with   his fathers. And they entombed him  with   his fathers in the city of David   his fore father. And [³reigned ¹Jehoshaphat ²his son] instead of him. 25And Nadab son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in [²year ¹the second]   of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned over   Israel two years. 26And he acted   wickedly before the lord, and he went in the way   of his father, and in   his sins in the things which led Israel into sin. 27And [⁸besieged ⁹against ¹⁰him ¹Baasha ²son ³of Ahijah ⁴over ⁵the ⁶house ⁷of Issachar], and he struck him in Gibbethon, the city  of the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging at Gibbethon. 28And [²put him to death ¹Baasha] in [²year ¹the third]   of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned instead of him.

Baasha Strikes the House of Jeroboam

29And it came to pass as he reigned, he struck the entire   house of Jeroboam; and he left not any that breathed   of Jeroboam, until   utterly destroying him, (according to the saying of the lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,) 30for the sins of Jeroboam, which he led Israel into sin, and in   his provoking to anger in which he provoked to anger the lord  God   of Israel. 31And the rest of the words of Nadab, and all the things which he did, [⁴not ¹behold ³these ⁵written ²are] in a scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 32And war was between Asa and between Baasha king of Israel all   their days. 33In the [²year   ¹third]   of Asa king of Judah, [⁴reigned ¹Baasha ²son ³of Ahijah] over Israel in Tizrah twenty and four years. 34And he did the wicked thing  before the lord, and he went in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in   his sins in which he led Israel into sin.