151 Now in the eighteenth e year of King Jeroboam , the son of Nebat , Abijam became king over Judah . 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom . 3 He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God , like the heart of his father David . 4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem , to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem ; 5 because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord , and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life , except in the case of Uriah the Hittite . 6 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 e 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 became king in his place .
9 So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel , Asa began to reign as king of Judah . 10 He reigned forty-one e years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom . 11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord , like David his father . 12 He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made . 13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother , because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah ; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron . 14 But the high places were not taken away ; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the Lord all his days . 15 He brought into the house of the Lord the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things : silver and gold and utensils .
16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days . 17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent e anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah . 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were 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 Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon , the son of Hezion , king of Aram , who lived in Damascus , saying , 19 "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father . Behold , I have sent you a present of silver and gold ; go , break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." 20 So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel , and conquered Ijon , Dan , Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth , besides all the land of Naphtali . 21 When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah . 22 Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah -none was exempt -and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built . And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah . 23 Now 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 e of the Kings of Judah ? But 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 place .
25 Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah , and he reigned over Israel two years . 26 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin . 27 Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon , which belonged to the Philistines , while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon . 28 So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place . 29 It came about as soon as he was king , he struck down all the household of Jeroboam . He did not leave to Jeroboam any persons alive , until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord , which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite , 30 and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned , and which he made Israel sin , because of his provocation with which 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 e of the Kings of Israel ? 32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days .
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah , Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah , and reigned twenty-four e years . 34 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin .
