1Kings:15:9-24

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* And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel Asa reigned over Judah . * And he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem , and his mother 's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom . * And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah , like his father David . * And he removed the sodomites out of the land , and removed all the idols that his fathers made . * And he also removed his mother Maachah from being queen , in that she made a horrid thing for Asherah . And Asa cut down her horrid thing and burned it by the torrent Kidron . * But they did not remove the high places . Only the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all the days . * And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated and his holy things , into the house of Jehovah , silver and gold and vessels . * And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days . * And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah , and built Ramah , to keep anyone from going out and coming in to Asa the king of Judah . * And Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of Jehovah , and the treasures of the king 's house , and gave them into his servants ' hand ; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad , the son of Tabrimon , the son of Hezion , the king of Syria , who lived at Damascus , saying , * A treaty between you and me , between my father and your father ! Behold , I have sent you a present of silver and gold . Go , break your treaty with Baasha the king of Israel , that he go up from me . * And Ben-hadad listened to king Asa , and sent his army commanders against the cities of Israel . And he struck Ijon , and Dan , and Abel-beth-maachah , and all Chinneroth , with all the land of Naphtali . * And it happened , when Baasha heard , he ceased building Ramah , and dwelt in Tirzah . * And king Asa proclaimed to all Judah (no one was exempt ) and they carried away the stones of Ramah , and its timber with which Baasha had built . And king Asa built with it Geba of Benjamin , and Mizpah . * And the rest of all the acts of Asa , and all his might , and all that he did , and the cities he built , are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah ? Only , at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet . * And Asa lay with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David . And his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place .

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