15:1 Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
King
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
Abijam
began
to
reign
over
Judah.
15:2 He
reigned
for
three
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Abishalom.
15:3 And
he
walked
in
all
the
sins
that
his
father
did
before
him,
and
his
heart
was
not
wholly
true
to
the
LORD
his
God,
as
the
heart
of
David
his
father.
15:4 Nevertheless,
for
David's
sake
the
LORD
his
God
gave
him
a
lamp
in
Jerusalem,
setting
up
his
son
after
him,
and
establishing
Jerusalem,
15:5 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
Uriah
the
Hittite.
15:6 Now
there
was
war
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
all
the
days
of
his
life.
15:7 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.
15:8 And
Abijam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David.
And
Asa
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
15:9 In
the
twentieth
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
Asa
began
to
reign
over
Judah,
15:10 and
he
reigned
forty-one
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Abishalom.
15:11 And
Asa
did
what
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
as
David
his
father
had
done.
15:12 He
put
away
the
male
cult
prostitutes
out
of
the
land
and
removed
all
the
idols
that
his
fathers
had
made.
15:13 He
also
removed
Maacah
his
mother
from
being
queen
mother
because
she
had
made
an
abominable
image
for
Asherah.
And
Asa
cut
down
her
image
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
15:14 But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away.
Nevertheless,
the
heart
of
Asa
was
wholly
true
to
the
LORD
all
his
days.
15:15 And
he
brought
into
the
house
of
the
LORD
the
sacred
gifts
of
his
father
and
his
own
sacred
gifts,
silver,
and
gold,
and
vessels.
15:16 And
there
was
war
between
Asa
and
Baasha
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
15:17 Baasha
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.
15:18 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
gave
them
into
the
hands
of
his
servants.
And
King
Asa
sent
them
to
Ben-hadad
the
son
of
Tabrimmon,
the
son
of
Hezion,
king
of
Syria,
who
lived
in
Damascus,
saying,
15:19 "Let
there
be
a
covenant
between
me
and
you,
as
there
was
between
my
father
and
your
father.
Behold,
I
am
sending
to
you
a
present
of
silver
and
gold.
Go,
break
your
covenant
with
Baasha
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
withdraw
from
me."
15:20 And
Ben-hadad
listened
to
King
Asa
and
sent
the
commanders
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel
and
conquered
Ijon,
Dan,
Abel-beth-maacah,
and
all
Chinneroth,
with
all
the
land
of
Naphtali.
15:21 And
when
Baasha
heard
of
it,
he
stopped
building
Ramah,
and
he
lived
in
Tirzah.
15:22 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
Baasha
had
been
building,
and
with
them
King
Asa
built
Geba
of
Benjamin
and
Mizpah.
15:23 Now
the
rest
of
all
the
acts
of
Asa,
all
his
might,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
the
cities
that
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.
15:24 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
place.
15:25 Nadab
the
son
of
Jeroboam
began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
the
second
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
and
he
reigned
over
Israel
two
years.
15:26 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.
15:27 Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah,
of
the
house
of
Issachar,
conspired
against
him.
And
Baasha
struck
him
down
at
Gibbethon,
which
belonged
to
the
Philistines,
for
Nadab
and
all
Israel
were
laying
siege
to
Gibbethon.
15:28 So
Baasha
killed
him
in
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah
and
reigned
in
his
place.
15:29 And
as
soon
as
he
was
king,
he
killed
all
the
house
of
Jeroboam.
He
left
to
the
house
of
Jeroboam
not
one
that
breathed,
until
he
had
destroyed
it,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD
that
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Ahijah
the
Shilonite.
15:30 It
was
for
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
that
he
sinned
and
that
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
and
because
of
the
anger
to
which
he
provoked
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel.
15:31 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
15:32 And
there
was
war
between
Asa
and
Baasha
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
15:33 In
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah
began
to
reign
over
all
Israel
at
Tirzah,
and
he
reigned
twenty-four
years.
15:34 He
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD
and
walked
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam
and
in
his
sin
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.