M'lakhim Alef (1 Ki) 15
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1It was in the eighteenth year of King Yarov‘am the son of N’vat that Aviyam began his reign over Y’hudah. 2He ruled three years in Yerushalayim; his mother’s name was Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avishalom. 3He committed all the sins his father had committed before him; he was not wholehearted with Adonai his God, as David his forefather had been. 4Nevertheless, for David’s sake Adonai his God gave him a lamp burning in Yerushalayim by establishing his son after him and making Yerushalayim secure. 5For David had done what was right from Adonai’s perspective; he had not turned away from anything he had ordered him to do, as long as he lived, except in the matter of Uriyah the Hitti.
6There was war between Rechav‘am and Yarov‘am as long as he lived.
7Other activities of Aviyam and all his accomplishments are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y’hudah. But there was war between Aviyam and Yarov‘am. 8Aviyam slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son became king in his place.
9It was in the twentieth year of Yarov‘am king of Isra’el that Asa began his reign over Y’hudah. 10He ruled forty-one years in Yerushalayim; his [grand]mother’s name was Ma‘akhah the daughter of Avishalom. 11Asa did what was right from the perspective of Adonai, as David his ancestor had done. 12He rid the land of cult-prostitutes and removed all the idols his ancestors had made. 13He also deposed Ma‘akhah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a disgusting image as an asherah. Asa cut down this image of hers and burned it in Vadi Kidron. 14But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted with Adonai throughout his life. 15He brought into the house of Adonai all the articles his father had consecrated, also the things he himself had consecrated — silver, gold and utensils.
16There was war between Asa and Ba‘sha king of Isra’el as long as they both lived. 17Ba‘sha attacked Y’hudah, and he fortified Ramah to prevent anyone’s leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Y’hudah. 18Then Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the house of Adonai and among the treasures of the royal palace; and, entrusting them to his servants, King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tavrimmon, the son of Hezyon, king of Aram, who lived in Dammesek, with this message: 19“There is a covenant between me and you, which existed already between my father and your father. Here, I am sending you a present of silver and gold; go, and break your covenant with Ba‘sha king of Isra’el, so that he will leave me alone.” 20Ben-Hadad did as King Asa asked — he sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Isra’el, attacking ‘Iyon, Dan, Avel-Beit-Ma‘akhah, all of Kinn’rot and all the land of Naftali. 21As soon as Ba‘sha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and stayed in Tirtzah. 22King Asa then issued a proclamation requiring every man in Y’hudah, with no exception, to come and carry off the stones and timber Ba‘sha had used to fortify Ramah. With them King Asa fortified Geva of Binyamin and Mitzpah.
23The other activities of Asa, all his power, all his accomplishments and the cities he fortified are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y’hudah. But in his old age he suffered from a disease in his legs. 24Asa slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David his ancestor. Then Y’hoshafat his son became king in his place.
25It was in the second year of Asa king of Y’hudah that Nadav the son of Yarov‘am began his reign over Isra’el, and he ruled Isra’el two years. 26He did what was evil from Adonai’s perspective, following the example of his father and the sin through which he had made Isra’el sin.
27Ba‘sha the son of Achiyah, from the descendants of Yissakhar, conspired against him; and Ba‘sha attacked him at Gib’ton, which belonged to the P’lishtim; for at the time Nadav and all Isra’el were besieging Gib’ton. 28It was in the third year of Asa king of Y’hudah that Ba‘sha killed Nadav and became king in his place.
29As soon as he had become king he killed off the entire house of Yarov‘am, destroying every living soul and leaving not one survivor. This was in keeping with what Adonai had said through his servant Achiyah from Shiloh; 30it was the punishment for the sins Yarov‘am had committed and through which he had made Isra’el sin, thereby angering Adonai the God of Isra’el.
31Other activities of Nadav and all his accomplishments are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Isra’el. 32There was war between Asa and Ba‘sha king of Isra’el as long as they both lived.
33It was in the third year of Asa king of Y’hudah that Ba‘sha the son of Achiyah began his reign over all Isra’el in Tirtzah, and his rule lasted twenty-four years. 34He did what was wrong from Adonai’s perspective, following the example of Yarov‘am and committing the sin through which he had made Isra’el sin.
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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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