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* Now in the eighteenth year of King Jerobo 'am the son of Nebat , Abi 'jam began to reign over Judah . * He reigned for three years in Jerusalem . His mother 's name was Ma 'acah the daughter of Abish 'alom . * And he walked in all the sins which his father did before him ; and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God , as the heart of David his father . * Nevertheless for David 's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem , setting up his son after him , and establishing Jerusalem ; * because David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life , except in the matter of Uri 'ah the Hittite . * Now there was war between Rehobo 'am and Jerobo 'am all the days of his life . * The rest of the acts of Abi 'jam , 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 Abi 'jam and Jerobo 'am . * And Abi 'jam slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in the city of David . And Asa his son reigned in his stead . * In the twentieth year of Jerobo 'am king of Israel Asa began to reign over Judah , * and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem . His mother 's name was Ma 'acah the daughter of Abish 'alom . * And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , as David his father had done . * He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land , and removed all the idols that his fathers had made . * He also removed Ma 'acah his mother from being queen mother because she had an abominable image made for Ashe 'rah ; and Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron . * But the high places were not taken away . Nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly true to the LORD all his days . * And he brought into the house of the LORD the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts , silver , and gold , and vessels . * And there was war between Asa and Ba 'asha king of Israel all their days . * Ba 'asha 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 . * 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 gave them into the hands of his servants ; and King Asa sent them to Ben-ha 'dad the son of Tabrim 'mon , the son of He 'zi-on , king of Syria , who dwelt in Damascus , saying , * "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 Ba 'asha king of Israel , that he may withdraw from me ." * And Ben-ha 'dad hearkened to King Asa , and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel , and conquered Ijon , Dan , A 'bel-beth-ma 'acah , and all Chin 'neroth , with all the land of Naph 'tali . * And when Ba 'asha heard of it , he stopped building Ramah , and he dwelt in Tirzah . * 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 Ba 'asha had been building ; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah . * 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 . * And Asa slept with his fathers , and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father ; and Jehosh 'aphat his son reigned in his stead . * Nadab the son of Jerobo 'am began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah ; and he reigned over Israel two years . * He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD , and walked in the way of his father , and in his sin which he made Israel to sin . * Ba 'asha the son of Ahi 'jah , of the house of Is 'sachar , conspired against him ; and Ba 'asha struck him down at Gib 'bethon , which belonged to the Philistines ; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gib 'bethon . * So Ba 'asha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah , and reigned in his stead . * And as soon as he was king , he killed all the house of Jerobo 'am ; he left to the house of Jerobo 'am not one that breathed , until he had destroyed it , according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by his servant Ahi 'jah the Shi 'lonite ; * it was for the sins of Jerobo 'am which he sinned and which he made Israel to sin , and because of the anger to which he provoked the LORD , the God of Israel . * 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 ? * And there was war between Asa and Ba 'asha king of Israel all their days . * In the third year of Asa king of Judah , Ba 'asha the son of Ahi 'jah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah , and reigned twenty-four years . * He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD , and walked in the way of Jerobo 'am and in his sin which he made Israel to sin .

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