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ylt @1Kings:15:1 @And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat , reigned hath Abijam over Judah ; ylt @1Kings:15:2 @three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Maachah daughter of Abishalom ; ylt @1Kings:15:3 @and he walketh in all the sins of his father , that he did before him , and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God , as the heart of David his father ; ylt @1Kings:15:4 @but for David 's sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem , to raise up his son after him , and to establish Jerusalem , ylt @1Kings:15:5 @in that David did that which [is ] right in the eyes of Jehovah , and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite ; ylt @1Kings:15:6 @and war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life . ylt @1Kings:15:7 @And the rest of the matters of Abijam , and all that he did , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam ; ylt @1Kings:15:8 @and Abijam lieth with his fathers , and they bury him in the city of David , and reign doth Asa his son in his stead . ylt @1Kings:15:9 @And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Asa over Judah , ylt @1Kings:15:10 @and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Maachah daughter of Abishalom . ylt @1Kings:15:11 @And Asa doth that which [is ] right in the eyes of Jehovah , like David his father , ylt @1Kings:15:12 @and removeth the whoremongers out of the land , and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made ; ylt @1Kings:15:13 @and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress , in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine , and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing , and burneth [it ] by the brook Kidron ; ylt @1Kings:15:14 @and the high places have not turned aside ; only , the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days , ylt @1Kings:15:15 @and he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father , and his own sanctified things , to the house of Jehovah , silver , and gold , and vessels . ylt @1Kings:15:16 @And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days , ylt @1Kings:15:17 @and Baasha king of Israel goeth up against Judah , and buildeth Ramah , not to permit any one going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah . ylt @1Kings:15:18 @And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah , and the treasures of the house of the king , and giveth them into the hand of his servants , and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad , son of Tabrimmon , son of Hezion king of Aram , who is dwelling in Damascus , saying , ylt @1Kings:15:19 @'A covenant [is ] between me and thee , between my father and thy father ; lo , I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold ; go , break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel , and he goeth up from off me .' ylt @1Kings:15:20 @And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa , and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel , and smiteth Ijon , and Dan , and Abel-Beth-Maachah , and all Chinneroth , besides all the land of Naphtali ; ylt @1Kings:15:21 @and it cometh to pass at Baasha 's hearing , that he ceaseth from building Ramah , and dwelleth in Tirzah . ylt @1Kings:15:22 @And king Asa hath summoned all Judah -- there is none exempt -- and they lift up the stones of Ramah , and its wood , that Baasha hath built , and king Asa buildeth with them Geba of Benjamin , and Mizpah . ylt @1Kings:15:23 @And the rest of all the matters of Asa , and all his might , and all that he did , and the cities that he built , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? Only , at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet ; ylt @1Kings:15:24 @and Asa lieth with his fathers , and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father , and Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead . ylt @1Kings:15:25 @And Nadab son of Jeroboam hath reigned over Israel , in the second year of Asa king of Judah , and he reigneth over Israel two years , ylt @1Kings:15:26 @and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , and goeth in the way of his father , and in his sin that he made Israel to sin . ylt @1Kings:15:27 @And conspire against him doth Baasha son of Ahijah , of the house of Issachar , and Baasha smiteth him in Gibbethon , which [is ] to the Philistines -- and Nadab and all Israel are laying siege against Gibbethon -- ylt @1Kings:15:28 @yea , Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah , and reigneth in his stead . ylt @1Kings:15:29 @And it cometh to pass , at his reigning , he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam , he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him , according to the word of Jehovah , that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite , ylt @1Kings:15:30 @because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned , and that he caused Israel to sin , by his provocation with which he provoked to anger Jehovah , God of Israel . ylt @1Kings:15:31 @And the rest of the matters of Nadab , and all that he did , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @1Kings:15:32 @And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days . ylt @1Kings:15:33 @In the third year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Baasha son of Ahijah over all Israel in Tirzah , twenty and four years , ylt @1Kings:15:34 @and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , and walketh in the way of Jeroboam , and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin .

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