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nasb @1Kings:15:1 @Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam , the son of Nebat , Abijam became king over Judah . nasb @1Kings:15:2 @He reigned three years in Jerusalem ; and his mother 's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom . nasb @1Kings:15:3 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:4 @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 ; nasb @1Kings:15:5 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:6 @There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life . nasb @1Kings:15:7 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:8 @And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David ; and Asa his son became king in his place . nasb @1Kings:15:9 @So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel , Asa began to reign as king of Judah . nasb @1Kings:15:10 @He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem ; and his mother 's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom . nasb @1Kings:15:11 @Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD , like David his father . nasb @1Kings:15:12 @He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made . nasb @1Kings:15:13 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:14 @But the high places were not taken away ; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days . nasb @1Kings:15:15 @He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things - silver and gold and utensils . nasb @1Kings:15:16 @Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days . nasb @1Kings:15:17 @Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah . nasb @1Kings:15:18 @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 , nasb @1Kings:15:19 " @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 ." nasb @1Kings:15:20 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:21 @When Baasha heard of it , he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah . nasb @1Kings:15:22 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:23 @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 of the Kings of Judah ? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet . nasb @1Kings: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 place . nasb @1Kings:15:25 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:26 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:27 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:28 @So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place . nasb @1Kings:15:29 @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 , nasb @1Kings:15:30 @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 . nasb @1Kings: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 ? nasb @1Kings:15:32 @There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days . nasb @1Kings:15:33 @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 years . nasb @1Kings:15:34 @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 . nasb @1Kings:15:16 @Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha , saying , nasb @1Kings:15:2 " @Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel , and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin , provoking Me to anger with their sins , nasb @1Kings:15:3 @behold , I will consume Baasha and his house , and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat . nasb @1Kings:15:4 " @ Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat , and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat ." nasb @1Kings:15:5 @Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ? nasb @1Kings:15:6 @And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah , and Elah his son became king in his place . nasb @1Kings:15:7 @Moreover , the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household , both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD , provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands , in being like the house of Jeroboam , and because he struck it . nasb @1Kings:15:8 @In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah , Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah , and reigned two years . nasb @1Kings:15:9 @His servant Zimri , commander of half his chariots , conspired against him . Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza , who was over the household at Tirzah . nasb @1Kings:15:10 @Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah , and became king in his place . nasb @1Kings:15:11 @It came about when he became king , as soon as he sat on his throne , that he killed all the household of Baasha ; he did not leave a single male , neither of his relatives nor of his friends . nasb @1Kings:15:12 @Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha , according to the word of the LORD , which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet , nasb @1Kings:15:13 @for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son , which they sinned and which they made Israel sin , provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols . nasb @1Kings:15:14 @Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ? nasb @1Kings:15:15 @In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah , Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah . Now the people were camped against Gibbethon , which belonged to the Philistines . nasb @1Kings:15:16 @The people who were camped heard it said , "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king ." Therefore all Israel made Omri , the commander of the army , king over Israel that day in the camp . nasb @1Kings:15:17 @Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah . nasb @1Kings:15:18 @When Zimri saw that the city was taken , he went into the citadel of the king 's house and burned the king 's house over him with fire , and died , nasb @1Kings:15:19 @because of his sins which he sinned , doing evil in the sight of the LORD , walking in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin which he did , making Israel sin . nasb @1Kings:15:20 @Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ? nasb @1Kings:15:21 @Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts - half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath , to make him king ; the other half followed Omri . nasb @1Kings:15:22 @But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath . And Tibni died and Omri became king . nasb @1Kings:15:23 @In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah , Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years ; he reigned six years at Tirzah . nasb @1Kings:15:24 @He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver ; and he built on the hill , and named the city which he built Samaria , after the name of Shemer , the owner of the hill . nasb @1Kings:15:25 @Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD , and acted more wickedly than all who were before him . nasb @1Kings:15:26 @For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin , provoking the LORD God of Israel with their idols . nasb @1Kings:15:27 @Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he showed , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ? nasb @1Kings:15:28 @So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria ; and Ahab his son became king in his place . nasb @1Kings:15:29 @Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah , and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years . nasb @1Kings:15:30 @Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him . nasb @1Kings:15:31 @It came about , as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians , and went to serve Baal and worshiped him . nasb @1Kings:15:32 @So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria . nasb @1Kings:15:33 @Ahab also made the Asherah . Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him . nasb @1Kings:15:34 @In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho ; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn , and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub , according to the word of the LORD , which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun .

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