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He didevil in the sight of the LORD, and 1walked in the way of his father and 2in his sinwhich he made Israelsin.
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Then 3Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issacharconspiredagainst him, and Baashastruck him down at 4Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and allIsrael were layingsiege to Gibbethon.
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So Baashakilled him in the thirdyear of Asaking of Judah and reigned in his place.
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It came about as soon as he was king, he struckdownall the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboamanypersonsalive, until he had destroyed them, 5according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servantAhijah the Shilonite,
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and because of the sins of Jeroboamwhich he sinned, and 6which he made Israelsin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORDGod of Israel to anger.
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7Now 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?
War with Judah
328There was warbetweenAsa and Baashaking of Israelall their days.
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In the thirdyear of Asaking of Judah, Baasha the son of AhijahbecamekingoverallIsrael at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four*years.
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He didevil in the sight of the LORD, and 9walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sinwhich he made Israelsin.
In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.