“1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat
reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And
his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he
walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and
his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David
his father. 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give
him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem: 5 Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the
LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all
the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his
life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, [are]
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with
his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son
reigned in his stead.”
“9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa
over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did
[that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his
father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother,
even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in
a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was
perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought in the things
which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had
dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold [that were] left in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s
house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa
sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 19 [There is] a league between me
and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent
unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with
Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Benhadad
hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had
against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and
Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [thereof], that he left off
building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a
proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took
away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had
builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did,
and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old
age he was diseased in his feet. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.”
“25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel 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 wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 And Baasha
the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines; for
Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28 Even in the third year
of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29
And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he smote all the house of
Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had
destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by
his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam
which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation
wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31 Now the rest
of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, [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 all their days. 33 In the third
year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over
all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin
wherewith he made Israel to sin.” (1 Kings 15:1-34 AV)
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