I Kings 15
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Abijam Reigns in Judah
1#2 Chr. 13:1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. #2 Chr. 11:20–22His mother’s name was #2 Chr. 13:2Maachah the granddaughter of #2 Chr. 11:21Abishalom. 3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; #1 Kin. 11:4; Ps. 119:80his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. 4Nevertheless #2 Sam. 21:17; 1 Kin. 11:32, 36; 2 Chr. 21:7for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem; 5because David #1 Kin. 9:4; 14:8; Luke 1:6did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, #2 Sam. 11:3, 15–17; 12:9, 10except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6#1 Kin. 14:30; 2 Chr. 12:15—13:20And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7#2 Chr. 13:2–22Now 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#2 Chr. 14:1So Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.
Asa Reigns in Judah
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. 10And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. 11#2 Chr. 14:2Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David. 12#Deut. 23:17; 1 Kin. 14:24; 22:46And he banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13Also he removed #2 Chr. 15:16–18Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and #Ex. 32:20burned it by the Brook Kidron. 14#1 Kin. 3:2; 22:43; 2 Kin. 12:3; 2 Chr. 15:17, 18But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s #(1 Sam. 16:7); 1 Kin. 8:61; 15:3heart was loyal to the Lord all his days. 15He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father #1 Kin. 7:51had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.
16Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17And #2 Chr. 16:1–6Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built #Josh. 18:25; 1 Kin. 15:21, 22Ramah, #1 Kin. 12:26–29that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to #2 Kin. 12:17, 18; 2 Chr. 16:2Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in #Gen. 14:15; 1 Kin. 11:23, 24Damascus, saying, 19“Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
20So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and #1 Kin. 20:1sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked #2 Kin. 15:29Ijon, #Judg. 18:29; 1 Kin. 12:29Dan, #2 Sam. 20:14, 15Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in #1 Kin. 14:17; 16:15–18Tirzah.
22#2 Chr. 16:6Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built #Josh. 21:17Geba of Benjamin, and #Josh. 18:26Mizpah.
23The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, 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? But #2 Chr. 16:11–14in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. #2 Chr. 17:1Then #1 Kin. 22:41–44; Matt. 1:8Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
Nadab Reigns in Israel
25Now #1 Kin. 14:20Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in #1 Kin. 12:28–33; 14:16his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
27#1 Kin. 14:14Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at #Josh. 19:44; 21:23; 1 Kin. 16:15Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 29And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to #1 Kin. 14:10–14the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, 30#1 Kin. 14:9, 16because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
31Now 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#1 Kin. 15:16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Baasha Reigns in Israel
33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. 34He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in #1 Kin. 13:33; 14:16the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
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1 Kings 15
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Judah’s King Abijam
1In the eighteenth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah 2and reigned three years in Jerusalem. # 2Ch 13:1-2 His mother’s name was Maacah # 1Kg 15:10,13; 2Ch 13:2 daughter # Possibly granddaughter; 2Ch 13:2 of Abishalom.
3Abijam walked in all the sins his father before him had committed, # 1Kg 14:21-22 and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been. # 1Kg 9:4; 11:4 4But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem. # 2Sm 21:17; 1Kg 11:36; 2Ch 21:7 5For David did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, and he did not turn aside from anything He had commanded him all the days of his life, # 1Kg 9:4; 14:8 except in the matter of Uriah # 2Sm 11:3,15-17; 12:9-10 the Hittite.
6There had been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Rehoboam’s life. # 1Kg 14:30; 2Ch 12:15 7The rest of the events of Abijam’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. # 1Kg 14:29 There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam. # 2Ch 13:4-20 8Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. # 1Kg 14:31; 2Ch 14:1 His son Asa became king in his place. # 1Kg 14:31; 2Ch 14–16
Judah’s King Asa
9In the twentieth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, # 1Kg 15:1 Asa became king of Judah 10and reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s # Lit mother’s name was Maacah # 1Kg 15:2 daughter # Possibly granddaughter; 2Ch 13:2 of Abishalom.
11Asa did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, as his ancestor David had done. # 1Kg 9:4-5; 2Ch 14:2 12He banished the male cult prostitutes # Dt 23:17; 1Kg 14:24 from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made. # 1Kg 11:7; 14:23; 2Ch 14:3,5 13He also # 2Ch 15:16-18 removed his grandmother # Lit mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it # Ex 32:20 in the Kidron Valley. # 2Kg 23:6 14The high places were not taken away; # 1Kg 22:43 but Asa’s heart was completely devoted to the Lord his entire life. # 1Kg 8:61; 15:3 15He brought his father’s consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into the Lord’s temple: silver, gold, and utensils. # 1Kg 7:51
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. # 1Kg 15:32 17Israel’s King Baasha went to war against Judah. # 2Ch 16:1-6 He built Ramah # Jos 18:25 in order to deny anyone access to Judah’s King Asa. 18So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple # 1Kg 14:26 and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad # 1Kg 20:1 son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, # 1Kg 11:23-24 saying, 19“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. # 1Kg 5:12; 2Ch 16:7 Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel # 1Kg 15:27-28 so that he will withdraw from me.”
20Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, # 2Kg 15:29 Dan, # Jdg 18:29; 1Kg 12:29 Abel-beth-maacah, # 2Sm 20:15; 2Kg 15:29 all Chinnereth, # Jos 11:2; 12:3 and the whole land of Naphtali. # Jos 19:32-39; 1Kg 20:34 21When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah. # 1Kg 14:17; 15:33; 16:8,15-18 22Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba # Jos 18:24; 21:17 of Benjamin and Mizpah # Jos 11:3; 2Ch 16:6 with them.
23The rest of all the events of Asa’s reign, # 2Ch 16:11-14 along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. # 1Kg 14:29; 15:7 But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet. # 2Ch 16:12 24Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his ancestor David. # 1Kg 14:31; 15:8 His son Jehoshaphat # 1Kg 22:41-50 became king in his place.
Israel’s King Nadab
25Nadab son of Jeroboam # 1Kg 14:20 became king over Israel in the second year of Judah’s King Asa; he reigned over Israel two years. 26Nadab did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his father and the sin he had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 14:16; 15:30,34
27Then Baasha # 1Kg 14:14; 15:16 son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon # Jos 19:44; 1Kg 16:15 of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon. 28In the third year of Judah’s King Asa, # 1Kg 15:8-24; 2Ch 14–16 Baasha killed Nadab # 1Kg 16:8-10 and reigned in his place.
29When Baasha became king, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. # 1Kg 13:34 He did not leave Jeroboam any survivors but # Lit Jeroboam anyone breathing until destroyed his family according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite. # 1Kg 14:10 30This was because Jeroboam had provoked # Lit provoked in the provocation of the Lord God of Israel by the sins he had committed and had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 14:7-9
31The rest of the events of Nadab’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. # 1Kg 14:19; 16:5 32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. # 1Kg 15:16
Israel’s King Baasha
33In the third year of Judah’s King Asa, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel and reigned in Tirzah # 1Kg 15:21 24 years. 34He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had caused Israel to commit. # 1Kg 14:16
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