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6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime.
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.
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As for the other events of Abijah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah 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.
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And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
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Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors 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.
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He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
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.
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He brought into the temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
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