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The Book of 1st Kings
Chapter 15


1st Kings
Chapter 15


1 Now in the eighteenth
year of King Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, Abijam
began to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned for three
years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name was
Maacah the daughter of
Abishalom.
















3 And he walked in all the
sins which his father did
before him; and his heart
was not wholly true to
YAHWEH his God, as the
heart of David his father.



4 Nevertheless for
David's sake YAHWEH
his God gave him a lamp
in Jerusalem, setting up his
son after him, and
establishing Jerusalem;








5 because David did what
was right in the eyes of
YAHWEH, and did not turn
aside from anything that he
commanded him all the
days of his life, except in
the matter of Uriah the
Hittite.







































6 Now there was war
between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the days of
his life.













































































































































































7 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 In the twentieth year of
Jeroboam king of Israel
Asa began to reign over
Judah,
10 and he reigned
forty-one years in
Jerusalem. His mother's
name was Maacah the
daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did what was
right in the eyes of
YAHWEH, as David his father
had done.
12 He put away the male
cult prostitutes out of the
land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had
made.















13 He also removed
Maacah his mother from
being queen mother
because she had an
abominable image made
for Asherah; and Asa cut
down her image and
burned it at the brook
Kidron.















14 But the high places
were not taken away.
Nevertheless the heart of
Asa was wholly true to
YAHWEH all his days.










15 And he brought into
the house of YAHWEH the
votive gifts of his father
and his own votive gifts,
silver, and gold, and
vessels.


16 And there was war
between Asa and Baasha
king of Israel all their
days.











17 Baasha king of Israel
went up against Judah, and
built Ramah, that he might
permit no one 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 YAHWEH
and the treasures of the
king's house, and gave
them into the hands of his
servants; and King Asa
sent them to Benhadad the
son of Tabrimmon, the son
of Hezion, king of Syria,
who dwelt in Damascus,
saying,
19 "Let there be a league
between me and you, as
between my father and
your father: behold, I am
sending to you a present of
silver and gold; go, break
your league with Baasha
king of Israel, that he may
withdraw from me."
20 And Benhadad
hearkened to King Asa,
and sent the commanders
of his armies against the
cities of Israel, and
conquered Ijon, Dan,
Abelbethmaacah, and all
Chinneroth, with all the
land of Naphtali.
21 And when Baasha
heard of it, he stopped
building Ramah, and he
dwelt 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 been
building; and with them
King Asa built Geba of
Benjamin and Mizpah.
















23 Now the rest of all the
acts of Asa, 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? But in
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 Nadab 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.
26 He did what was evil
in the sight of YAHWEH,
and walked in the way of
his father, and in his sin
which he made Israel to
sin.
27 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; for 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 stead.
29 And as soon as he was
king, he killed all the
house of Jeroboam; he left
to the house of Jeroboam
not one that breathed, until
he had destroyed it,
according to the word of
YAHWEH which he spoke
by his servant Ahijah the
Shilonite;
30 it was for the sins of
Jeroboam which he sinned
and which he made Israel
to sin, and because of the
anger to which he
provoked YAHWEH, the
God of Israel.
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, Baasha the
son of Ahijah began to
reign over all Israel at
Tirzah, and reigned
twenty-four years.
34 He did what was evil
in the sight of YAHWEH,
and walked in the way of
Jeroboam and in his sin
which he made Israel to
sin.
Chronicles or
Kings


2 Chronicles 13:1 In the
eighteenth year of King
Jeroboam Abijah began to
reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2 He
reigned for three years in
Jerusalem. His mother's
name was Micaiah the
daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. Now there was
war between Abijah and
Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah
the daughter of Absalom
above all his wives and
concubines (he took
eighteen wives and sixty
concubines, and had
twenty-eight sons and
sixty daughters);













2 Chronicles 21:7 Yet
YAHWEH would not destroy
the house of David,
because of the covenant
which he had made with
David, and since he had
promised to give a lamp to
him and to his sons for
ever.



















































1 Kings 14:30 And there
was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually.
2 Chronicles 12:15 Now
the acts of Rehoboam,
from first to last, are they
not written in the
chronicles of Shemaiah the
prophet and of Iddo the
seer? There were continual
wars between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 12:16 And
Rehoboam slept with his
fathers, and was buried in
the city of David; and
Abijah his son reigned in
his stead.
2 Chronicles 13:1 In the
eighteenth year of King
Jeroboam Abijah began to
reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2 He
reigned for three years in
Jerusalem. His mother's
name was Micaiah the
daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. Now there was
war between Abijah and
Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah
went out to battle having
an army of valiant men of
war, four hundred
thousand picked men; and
Jeroboam drew up his line
of battle against him with
eight hundred thousand
picked mighty warriors.
2 Chronicles 13:4 Then
Abijah stood up on Mount
Zemaraim which is in the
hill country of Ephraim,
and said, "Hear me, O
Jeroboam and all Israel!
2 Chronicles 13:5 Ought
you not to know that
YAHWEH God of Israel gave
the kingship over Israel for
ever to David and his sons
by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles 13:6 Yet
Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, a servant of
Solomon the son of David,
rose up and rebelled
against his lord;
2 Chronicles 13:7 and
certain worthless
scoundrels gathered about
him and defied Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, when
Rehoboam was young and
irresolute and could not
withstand them.
2 Chronicles 13:8 "And
now you think to
withstand the kingdom of
YAHWEH in the hand of
the sons of David, because
you are a great multitude
and have with you the
golden calves which
Jeroboam made you for
gods.
2 Chronicles 13:9 Have
you not driven out the
priests of YAHWEH, the
sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and made priests
for yourselves like the
peoples of other lands?
Whoever comes to
consecrate himself with a
young bull or seven rams
becomes a priest of what
are no gods.
2 Chronicles 13:10 But as
for us, YAHWEH is our
God, and we have not
forsaken him. We have
priests ministering to
YAHWEH who are sons of
Aaron, and Levites for
their service.
2 Chronicles 13:11 They
offer to YAHWEH every
morning and every evening
burnt offerings and incense
of sweet spices, set out the
showbread on the table of
pure gold, and care for the
golden lampstand that its
lamps may burn every
evening; for we keep the
charge of YAHWEH our
God, but you have
forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 13:12
Behold, God is with us at
our head, and his priests
with their battle trumpets
to sound the call to battle
against you. O sons of
Israel, do not fight against
YAHWEH, the God of
your fathers; for you
cannot succeed."
2 Chronicles 13:13
Jeroboam had sent an
ambush around to come on
them from behind; thus his
troops were in front of
Judah, and the ambush
was behind them.
2 Chronicles 13:14 And
when Judah looked,
behold, the battle was
before and behind them;
and they cried to
YAHWEH, and the priests
blew the trumpets.
2 Chronicles 13:15 Then
the men of Judah raised
the battle shout. And when
the men of Judah shouted,
God defeated Jeroboam
and all Israel before Abijah
and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:16 The
men of Israel fled before
Judah, and God gave them
into their hand.
2 Chronicles 13:17 Abijah
and his people slew them
with a great slaughter; so
there fell slain of Israel
five hundred thousand
picked men.
2 Chronicles 13:18 Thus
the men of Israel were
subdued at that time, and
the men of Judah
prevailed, because they
relied upon YAHWEH, the
God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 13:19 And
Abijah pursued Jeroboam,
and took cities from him,
Bethel with its villages and
Jeshanah with its villages
and Ephron with its
villages.
2 Chronicles 13:20
Jeroboam did not recover
his power in the days of
Abijah; and YAHWEH
smote him, and he died.





2 Chronicles 13:2 He
reigned for three years in
Jerusalem. His mother's
name was Micaiah the
daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. Now there was
war between Abijah and
Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:21 But
Abijah grew mighty. And
he took fourteen wives,
and had twenty-two sons
and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22 The
rest of the acts of Abijah,
his ways and his sayings,
are written in the story of
the prophet Iddo.



2 Chronicles 14:1 So
Abijah slept with his
fathers, and they buried
him in the city of David;
and Asa his son reigned in
his stead. In his days the
land had rest for ten years.













2 Chronicles 14:2 And
Asa did what was good
and right in the eyes of
YAHWEH his God.

2 Chronicles 14:3 He took
away the foreign altars and
the high places, and broke
down the pillars and
hewed down the Asherim,
2 Chronicles 14:4 and
commanded Judah to seek
YAHWEH, the God of
their fathers, and to keep
the law and the
commandment.
2 Chronicles 14:5 He also
took out of all the cities of
Judah the high places and
the incense altars. And the
kingdom had rest under
him.



2 Chronicles 15:16 Even
Maacah, his mother, King
Asa removed from being
queen mother because she
had made an abominable
image for Asherah. Asa
cut down her image,
crushed it, and burned it at
the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 15:17 But
the high places were not
taken out of Israel.
Nevertheless the heart of
Asa was blameless all his
days.
2 Chronicles 15:18 And
he brought into the house
of God the votive gifts of
his father and his own
votive gifts, silver, and
gold, and vessels.




2 Chronicles 14:3 He took
away the foreign altars and
the high places, and broke
down the pillars and
hewed down the Asherim,
2 Chronicles 15:17 But
the high places were not
taken out of Israel.
Nevertheless the heart of
Asa was blameless all his
days.











2 Chronicles 14:5 He also
took out of all the cities of
Judah the high places and
the incense altars. And the
kingdom had rest under
him.
2 Chronicles 14:6 He built
fortified cities in Judah, for
the land had rest. He had
no war in those years, for
YAHWEH gave him
peace.



2 Chronicles 16:1 In the
thirty-sixth year of the
reign of Asa, Baasha king
of Israel went up against
Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might permit no
one to go out or come in to
Asa king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 16:2 Then
Asa took silver and gold
from the treasures of the
house of YAHWEH and
the king's house, and sent
them to Benhadad king of
Syria, who dwelt in
Damascus, saying,
2 Chronicles 16:3 "Let
there be a league between
me and you, as between
my father and your father;
behold, I am sending to
you silver and gold; go,
break your league with
Baasha king of Israel, that
he may withdraw from
me."
2 Chronicles 16:4 And
Benhadad hearkened to
King Asa, and sent the
commanders of his armies
against the cities of Israel,
and they conquered Ijon,
Dan, Abelmaim, and all
the store-cities of Naphtali.
2 Chronicles 16:5 And
when Baasha heard of it,
he stopped building
Ramah, and let his work
cease.
2 Chronicles 16:6 Then
King Asa took all Judah,
and they carried away the
stones of Ramah and its
timber, with which Baasha
had been building, and
with them he built Geba
and Mizpah.







2 Chronicles 16:7 At that
time Hanani the seer came
to Asa king of Judah, and
said to him, "Because you
relied on the king of Syria,
and did not rely on
YAHWEH your God, the
army of the king of Syria
has escaped you.



2 Chronicles 16:11 The
acts of Asa, from first to
last, are written in the
Book of the Kings of
Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles 16:12 In the
thirty-ninth year of his
reign Asa was diseased in
his feet, and his disease
became severe; yet even in
his disease he did not seek
YAHWEH, but sought
help from physicians.




2 Chronicles 16:13 And
Asa slept with his fathers,
dying in the forty-first year
of his reign.
2 Chronicles 16:14 They
buried him in the tomb
which he had hewn out for
himself in the city of
David. They laid him on a
bier which had been filled
with various kinds of
spices prepared by the
perfumer's art; and they
made a very great fire in
his honor.
2 Chronicles 17:1
Jehoshaphat his son
reigned in his stead, and
strengthened himself
against Israel.




















































2 Chronicles 14:6 He built
fortified cities in Judah, for
the land had rest. He had
no war in those years, for
YAHWEH gave him
peace.
Samuel





































2 Samuel 21:17 But
Abishai the son of Zeruiah
came to his aid, and
attacked the Philistine and
killed him. Then David's
men adjured him, "You
shall no more go out with
us to battle, lest you
quench the lamp of Israel."




2 Samuel 11:3 And David
sent and inquired about the
woman. And one said, "Is
not this Bathsheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
2 Samuel 11:15 In the
letter he wrote, "Set Uriah
in the forefront of the
hardest fighting, and then
draw back from him, that
he may be struck down,
and die."
2 Samuel 11:16 And as
Joab was besieging the
city, he assigned Uriah to
the place where he knew
there were valiant men.
2 Samuel 11:17 And the
men of the city came out
and fought with Joab; and
some of the servants of
David among the people
fell. Uriah the Hittite was
slain also.
2 Samuel 12:9 Why have
you despised the word of
YAHWEH, to do what is
evil in his sight? You have
smitten Uriah the Hittite
with the sword, and have
taken his wife to be your
wife, and have slain him
with the sword of the
Ammonites.
2 Samuel 12:10 Now
therefore the sword shall
never depart from your
house, because you have
despised me, and have
taken the wife of Uriah the
Hittite to be your wife.'



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