1 Kings 15
15
Abijah’s Reign over Judah
1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah#tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.” became king over Judah. 2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem.#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.#sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT. 3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.#tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.” 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty#tn Heb “gave him a lamp.” in Jerusalem by giving him a son#tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.” to succeed him#tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.” and by protecting Jerusalem.#tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.” 5 He did this#tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons. because David had done what he approved#tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.” and had not disregarded any of his commandments#tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.” his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite. 6 Rehoboam#tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah). and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s#tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. lifetime. 7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.#tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other. 8 Abijah passed away#tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.” and was buried#tn Heb “and they buried him.” in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
Asa’s Reign over Judah
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah. 10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem.#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. His grandmother#tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors. was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. 11 Asa did what the Lord approved#tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.” like his ancestor#tn Heb “father,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors. David had done. 12 He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols#tn The word used here, גִלּוּלִים [gillulim], is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as “worthless things” (אֱלִילִים, ’elilim), “vanities” or “empty winds” (הֲבָלִים, havalim). his ancestors#tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24). had made. 13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother#tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors. from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.#tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.” 15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.#tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things (into) the house of the Lord, silver, gold, and items.” Instead of “his holy things,” a marginal reading (Qere) in the Hebrew text has “the holy things of [the house of the Lord].”
16 Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.#tn Heb “There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.” 17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.#tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.” 18 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it#tn Heb “King Asa sent it.” to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: 19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made.#tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.” See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.”#tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.” 20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel.#tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.” They conquered#tn Heb “he struck down.” Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth.#tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.” 21 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying#tn Heb “building.” Ramah and settled down in Tirzah. 22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah.#tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.” King Asa used the materials to build up#tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.” Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.
23 The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.#tn Heb “As for the rest of all the events of Asa, and all his strength and all which he did and the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.#tn Heb “Yet in the time of his old age he became sick in his feet.” 24 Asa passed away#tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.
Nadab’s Reign over Israel
25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years. 26 He did evil in the sight of#tn Heb “in the eyes of.” the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.#tn Heb “and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”
27 Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab#tn Heb “against him”; the referent (Nadab) has been specified in the translation for clarity. and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon. 28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king. 29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed,#tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.” just as the Lord had predicted#tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.” through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30 This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel.#tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”
31 The rest of the events of Nadab’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.#tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Nadab, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?” 32 Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.
Baasha’s Reign over Israel
33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years. 34 He did evil in the sight of#tn Heb “in the eyes of.” the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.#tn Heb “and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”
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1 Kings 15
15
The Reign of Abijam in Judah
1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. 2Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3He walked in all the sins of his father that he had done before him, and his heart was not fully with Yahweh his God as the heart of David his father. 4For the sake of David, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by establishing his son after him and by causing Jerusalem to exist; 5because David did right in the eyes of Yahweh and he didn’t turn aside from all that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7The remainder of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah? There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8Abijam slept with his ancestors,#Or “fathers” and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son became king in his place.
The Reign of Asa in Judah
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa became the king of Judah. 10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 11Asa did right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his ancestor.#Or “father” 12He put away the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he removed all of the idols that his ancestors#Or “fathers” made. 13Also, he had Maacah his mother removed from the office of queen mother, as she had made a repulsive image for the Asherah. Asa also cut down her repulsive image and burned it in the Wadi#Or “valley”; a wadi is a valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season Kidron. 14But the high places he did not remove. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was completely with Yahweh all of his days. 15He brought the holy objects of his father and his own holy objects to the house of Yahweh, silver and gold and utensils.
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all of their days. 17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and he built Ramah to hinder the coming and going of anyone to Asa#Literally “to not give going and coming to Asa” king of Judah. 18Asa took all of the silver and gold remaining in the storerooms of the house of Yahweh and in the treasury rooms of the house of the king, and he gave them into the hand of his servants; so King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, 19“Let there be a covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel that he may go up away from me.” 20Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa, and he sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and he attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, and all of Kinnereth, in addition to all the land of Naphtali. 21When Baasha heard, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah. 22Then King Asa proclaimed among all of Israel that there was no one free from obligation, so they carried the stones of Ramah and its wood with which Baasha had built, and King Asa rebuilt Geba in Benjamin with them, and the Mizpah. 23The remainder of the acts of Asa, all of his achievements, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah? But at the time of his old age, he developed a foot disease.#Literally “he became ill in his feet” 24Asa slept with his ancestors#Or “fathers” and was buried with his ancestors#Or “fathers” in the city of David his ancestor;#Or “father” Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.
The Reign of Nadab in Israel
25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and he walked in the way of his father and in his sin that he caused Israel to commit. 27Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Now Nadab and all of Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon, 28and Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa the king of Judah, and he reigned in his place. 29It happened that as soon as he became king, he killed all of the house of Jeroboam. There was no one left of Jeroboam who breathed, until he had destroyed him according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servant, Ahijah the Shilonite, 30because of the sins of Jeroboam that he had committed and that he had caused Israel to commit and because of his anger with which he had provoked Yahweh the God of Israel. 31Now the remainder of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?
The Reign of Baasha in Israel
32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah had become king over all of Israel; he lived in Tirzah twenty-four years. 34He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and he walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin that he caused Israel to commit.
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