Abijam's wicked reign.

1 ¶ Now in the eighteenthºº yearº of kingº Jeroboamº the sonº of Nebatº reignedºª Abijamº over² Judah.º 2 Threeº yearsº reignedºª he in Jerusalem.º And his mother'sº nameº [was] Maachah,º the daughterº of Abishalom.º 3 And he walked¹ª² in all² the sinsº of his father,º which² he had doneºª beforeº him: and his heartº was² not² perfectº with² the LORDº his God,º as the heartº of Davidº his father.º 4 Nevertheless² for David's¹ sake²² did the LORDº his Godº giveºª him a lampº in Jerusalem,º to set upºª² his sonº afterº him, and to establishºª² Jerusalem:º 5 Because² Davidº didºª [that which was]² rightº in the eyesº of the LORD,º and turned not asideºª² from any²² [thing] that² he commandedºª him all² the daysº of his life,º save only² in the matterº of Uriahº the Hittite.º 6 And there was² warº between² Rehoboamº and Jeroboamº all² the daysº of his life.º 7 Now the restº of the actsº of Abijam,º and all² that² he did,ºª [are] they² not² writtenºª in² the bookº of the chroniclesºº of the kingsº of Judah?º And there was² warº between² Abijamº and Jeroboam.º

Asa succeedeth him.

8 And Abijamº sleptºª with² his fathers;º and they buriedºª him in the cityº of David:º and Asaº his sonº reignedºª in his stead.²

Asa's good reign.

9 ¶ And in the twentiethº yearº of Jeroboamº kingº of Israelº reignedºª² Asaº over Judah.º 10 And fortyº and oneº yearsº reignedºª he in Jerusalem.º And his mother'sº nameº [was] Maachah,º the daughterº of Abishalom.º 11 And Asaº didºª [that which was] rightº in the eyesº of the LORD,º as [did] Davidº his father.º 12 And he took awayºª the sodomitesº out of² the land,º and removedºª² all² the idolsº that² his fathersº had made.ºª 13 And also²² Maachahº his mother,º even her he removedºª from [being] queen,º² because² she had madeºª an idolº in a grove;º and Asaº destroyedºª² her idol,º and burntºª [it] by the brookº Kidron.º 14 But the high placesº were not² removed:ºª nevertheless² Asa'sº heartº was² perfectº with² the LORDº all² his days.º 15 And he brought¹ª in²² the things¹ª which his fatherº had dedicated,º and the things which himself had dedicated,º into the houseº of the LORD,º silver,º and gold,º and vessels.º

The war between Baasha and him causeth him to make a league with Ben-hadad.

16 ¶ And there was² warº between² Asaº and Baashaº kingº of Israelº all² their days.º 17 And Baashaº kingº of Israelº went upºª against² Judah,º and builtºª² Ramah,º that he might not² sufferºª any to go outºª or come inºª to Asaº kingº of Judah.º 18 Then Asaº tookºª² all² the silverº and the goldº [that were] leftºª in the treasuresº of the houseº of the LORD,º and the treasuresº of the king'sº house,º and deliveredºª them into the handº of his servants:º and kingº Asaº sentºª them to² Benhadad,º the sonº of Tabrimon,º the sonº of Hezion,º kingº of Syria,º that dweltºª at Damascus,º saying,ºª 19 [There is] a leagueº between² me and thee, [and] between² my fatherº and thy father:º behold,² I have sentºª unto thee a presentº of silverº and gold;º come¹ª² and breakºª² thy leagueº with² Baashaº kingº of Israel,º that he may departºª from²² me. 20 So Benhadadº hearkenedºª unto² kingº Asa,º and sentºª² the captainsº of the hostsº which² he had against² the citiesº of Israel,º and smoteºª² Ijon,º and Dan,º and Abelbethmaachah,º and all² Cinneroth,º with² all² the landº of Naphtali.º 21 And it came to pass,² when Baashaº heardºª [thereof], that he left offºª buildingºª² of² Ramah,º and dweltºª in Tirzah.º 22 Then kingº Asaº made a proclamationºª throughout² all² Judah;º none² [was] exempted:º and they took¹ª away²² the stonesº of Ramah,º and the timberº thereof, wherewith² Baashaº had builded;ºª and kingº Asaº builtºª with them² Gebaº of Benjamin,º and Mizpah.º

Jehoshaphat succeedeth Asa.

23 The restº of all² the actsº of Asa,º and all² his might,º and all² that² he did,ºª and the citiesº which² he built,ºª [are] they² not² writtenºª in² the bookº of the chroniclesºº of the kingsº of Judah?º Nevertheless² in the timeº of his old ageº he was diseasedºª in² his feet.º 24 And Asaº sleptºª with² his fathers,º and was buriedºª with² his fathersº in the cityº of Davidº his father:º and Jehoshaphatº his sonº reignedºª in his stead.²

Nadab's wicked reign.

25 ¶ And Nadabº the sonº of Jeroboamº began to reignºª over² Israelº in the secondº yearº of Asaº kingº of Judah,º and reignedºª over² Israelº two¹ years.º 26 And he didºª evilº in the sightº of the LORD,º and walked¹ª² in the wayº of his father,º and in his sinº wherewith² he made Israel¹ to sin.ºª²²

Baasha conspiring against him executeth Ahijah's prophecy.

27 ¶ And Baashaº the sonº of Ahijah,º of the houseº of Issachar,º conspiredºª against² him; and Baashaº smoteºª him at Gibbethon,º which² [belonged] to the Philistines;º for Nadabº and all² Israelº laid siegeºª to² Gibbethon.º 28 Even in the thirdº yearº of Asaº kingº of Judahº did Baashaº slayºª him, and reignedºª in his stead.² 29 And it came to pass,² when he reigned,ºª [that] he smoteºª² all² the houseº of Jeroboam;º he leftºª not² to Jeroboamº any² that breathed,º until² he had destroyedºª him, according unto the sayingº of the LORD,º which² he spakeºª byº his servantº Ahijahº the Shilonite:º 30 Because² of the sinsº of Jeroboamº which² he sinned,ºª and which² he made Israel¹ sin,ºª²² by his provocationº wherewith² he provoked²² the LORDº Godº of Israelº to anger.¹ª

Nadab's acts and death.

31 ¶ Now the restº of the actsº of Nadab,º and all² that² he did,ºª [are] they² not² writtenºª in² the bookº of the chroniclesºº of the kingsº of Israel?º 32 And there was² warº between² Asaº and Baashaº kingº of Israelº all² their days.º

Baasha's wicked reign.

33 In the thirdº yearº of Asaº kingº of Judahº began Baashaº the sonº of Ahijahº to reignºª over² all² Israelº in Tirzah,º twentyº and fourº years.º 34 And he didºª evilº in the sightº of the LORD,º and walked¹ª² in the wayº of Jeroboam,º and in his sinº wherewith² he made Israel¹ to sin.ºª²²