1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 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. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 ¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 ¶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 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 delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof , that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 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? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 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 stead.
25 ¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
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? 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 igitur in octavodecimo anno regni Hieroboam filii Nabath
regnavit Abiam super Iudam
2 tribus annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Maacha filia Absalom
3 ambulavitque in omnibus peccatis patris sui quae fecerat ante eum
nec erat cor eius perfectum cum Domino Deo suo
sicut cor David patris eius
4 sed propter David dedit ei Dominus Deus suus lucernam in Hierusalem
ut suscitaret filium eius post eum et staret Hierusalem
5 eo quod fecisset David rectum in oculis Domini
et non declinasset ab omnibus quae praeceperat ei
cunctis diebus vitae suae
excepto sermone Uriae Hetthei
6 attamen bellum fuit inter Roboam et inter Hieroboam
omni tempore vitae eius
7 reliqua autem sermonum Abiam et omnia quae fecit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Iuda
fuitque proelium inter Abiam et inter Hieroboam
8 et dormivit Abiam cum patribus suis
et sepelierunt eum in civitate David
regnavitque Asa filius eius pro eo
9 in anno ergo vicesimo Hieroboam regis Israhel regnavit Asa rex Iuda
10 et quadraginta uno anno regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Maacha filia Absalom
11 et fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini sicut David pater eius
12 et abstulit effeminatos de terra
purgavitque universas sordes idolorum quae fecerant patres eius
13 insuper et Maacham matrem suam amovit
ne esset princeps in sacris Priapi
et in luco eius quem consecraverat
subvertitque specum eius et confregit simulacrum turpissimum
et conbusit in torrente Cedron
14 excelsa autem non abstulit
verumtamen cor Asa perfectum erat cum Deo
cunctis diebus suis
15 et intulit ea quae sanctificaverat pater suus et voverat
in domum Domini argentum et aurum et vasa
16 bellum autem erat inter Asa et Baasa regem Israhel
cunctis diebus eorum
17 ascendit quoque Baasa rex Israhel in Iudam
et aedificavit Rama
ut non possit quispiam egredi vel ingredi de parte Asa
regis Iudae
18 tollens itaque Asa omne argentum et aurum
quod remanserat in thesauris domus Domini
et in thesauris domus regiae
dedit illud in manu servorum suorum
et misit ad Benadad filium Tabremmon filii Ezion regem Syriae
qui habitabat in Damasco
dicens
19 foedus est inter me et te
et inter patrem meum et patrem tuum
ideo misi tibi munera argentum et aurum et peto ut venias
et irritum facias foedus quod habes cum Baasa rege Israhel
et recedat a me
20 adquiescens Benadad regi Asa
misit principes exercitus sui in civitates Israhel
et percusserunt Ahion et Dan et Abel domum Maacha
et universam Cenneroth omnem scilicet terram Nepthalim
21 quod cum audisset Baasa intermisit aedificare Rama
et reversus est in Thersa
22 rex autem Asa nuntium misit in omnem Iudam
nemo sit excusatus
et tulerunt lapides Rama et ligna eius
quibus aedificaverat Baasa
et extruxit de eis rex Asa Gaba Beniamin et Maspha
23 reliqua autem omnium sermonum Asa
et universae fortitudines eius et cuncta quae fecit
et civitates quas extruxit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Iuda
verumtamen in tempore senectutis suae doluit pedes
24 et dormivit cum patribus suis
et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David patris sui
regnavitque Iosaphat filius eius pro eo
25 Nadab vero filius Hieroboam regnavit super Israhel
anno secundo Asa regis Iuda
regnavitque super Israhel duobus annis
26 et fecit quod malum est in conspectu Domini
et ambulavit in viis patris sui et in peccatis eius
quibus peccare fecit Israhel
27 insidiatus est autem ei Baasa filius Ahia de domo Isachar
et percussit eum in Gebbethon quae est urbs Philisthinorum
siquidem Nadab et omnis Israhel obsidebant Gebbethon
28 interfecit igitur illum Baasa
in anno tertio Asa regis Iuda et regnavit pro eo
29 cumque regnasset percussit omnem domum Hieroboam
non dimisit ne unam quidem animam de semine eius
donec deleret eum iuxta verbum Domini
quod locutus fuerat in manu servi sui Ahiae Silonitis
30 propter peccata Hieroboam quae peccaverat
et quibus peccare fecerat Israhel
et propter delictum quo inritaverat Dominum Deum Israhel
31 reliqua autem sermonum Nadab et omnia quae operatus est
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
32 fuitque bellum inter Asa et Baasa regem Israhel cunctis diebus eorum
33 anno tertio Asa regis Iuda
regnavit Baasa filius Ahia super omnem Israhel in Thersa
viginti quattuor annis
34 et fecit malum coram Domino
ambulavitque in via Hieroboam
et in peccatis eius quibus peccare fecit Israhel