11_1KI_15_01 now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah .
11_1KI_15_02 three years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name [ was ] Maachah , the daughter of Abishalom .
11_1KI_15_03 And he walked in all the sins of his Father , which he had done before him : And his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God , as the heart of David his Father .
11_1KI_15_04 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him A lamp in Jerusalem , to set up his son after him , And to establish Jerusalem :
11_1KI_15_05 because David did [ that which was ] right in the eyes of the LORD , And turned not aside from any [ thing ] that he commanded him all the days of his life , save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite .
11_1KI_15_06 And there was war between Rehoboam And Jeroboam all the days of his life .
11_1KI_15_07 now 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 .
11_1KI_15_08 And Abijam slept with his fathers ; And they buried him in the city of David : And Asa his son reigned in his stead .
11_1KI_15_09 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah .
11_1KI_15_10 And forty And one years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name [ was ] Maachah , the daughter of Abishalom .
11_1KI_15_11 And Asa did [ that which was ] right in the eyes of the LORD , as [ did ] David his Father .
11_1KI_15_12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land , And removed all the idols that his fathers had made .
11_1KI_15_13 And also Maachah his mother , even her he removed from [ being ] queen , because she had made an idol in A grove ; And Asa destroyed her idol , And burnt [ it ] by the brook Kidron .
11_1KI_15_14 but the high places were not removed : Nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days .
11_1KI_15_15 And he brought in the things which his Father had dedicated , And the things which himself had dedicated , into the house of the LORD , silver , And gold , And vessels .
11_1KI_15_16 And there was war between Asa And Baasha king of Israel all their days .
11_1KI_15_17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah , And built Ramah , that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah .
11_1KI_15_18 Then Asa took all the silver And the gold [ that were ] left in the treasures of the house of the LORD , And the treasures of the king's house , And delivered them into the hand of his servants : And king Asa sent them to Benhadad , the son of Tabrimon , the son of Hezion , king of Syria , that dwelt at Damascus , saying ,
11_1KI_15_19 [ there Is ] A league between me And thee , [ And ] between my Father And thy Father : behold , I have sent unto thee A present of silver And gold ; come And break thy league with Baasha king of Israel , that he may Depart from me .
11_1KI_15_20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa , And sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel , And smote Ijon , And Dan , And Abelbethmaachah , And all Cinneroth , with all the land of Naphtali .
11_1KI_15_21 And it came to pass , when Baasha heard [ thereof ] , that he left off building of Ramah , And dwelt in Tirzah .
11_1KI_15_22 Then king Asa made A proclamation throughout all Judah ; none [ was ] exempted : And they took away the stones of Ramah , And the timber thereof , wherewith Baasha had builded ; And king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin , And Mizpah .
11_1KI_15_23 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 of the kings of Judah ? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet .
11_1KI_15_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 .
11_1KI_15_25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah , And reigned over Israel two years .
11_1KI_15_26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD , And walked in the way of his Father , And in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin .
11_1KI_15_27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah , of the house of Issachar , conspired against him ; And Baasha smote him at Gibbethon , which [ belonged ] to the Philistines ; for Nadab And all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon .
11_1KI_15_28 even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him , And reigned in his stead .
11_1KI_15_29 And it came to pass , when he reigned , [ that ] he smote all the house of Jeroboam ; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed , until he had destroyed him , according unto the saying of the LORD , which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite :
11_1KI_15_30 because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned , And which he made Israel sin , by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger .
11_1KI_15_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 ?
11_1KI_15_32 And there was war between Asa And Baasha king of Israel all their days .
11_1KI_15_33 in the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah , twenty And four years .
11_1KI_15_34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD , And walked in the way of Jeroboam , And in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin .