1Kings:15:9-24
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In the twentieth year of Jerobo '
am king of Israel Asa began to reign over Judah ,
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and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name was Ma '
acah the daughter of Abish '
alom .
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And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD ,
as David his father had done .
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He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land ,
and removed all the idols that his fathers had made .
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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 .
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But the high places were not taken away .
Nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly true to the LORD all his days .
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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 .
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And there was war between Asa and Ba '
asha king of Israel all their days .
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 ."
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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 .
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And when Ba '
asha heard of it ,
he stopped building Ramah ,
and he dwelt in Tirzah .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .