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Aviyam slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son became king in his place.
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It was in the twentieth year of Yarov'am king of Isra'el that Asa began his reign over Y'hudah.
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He ruled forty-one years in Yerushalayim; his [grand]mother's name was Ma'akhah the daughter of Avishalom.
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Asa did what was right from the perspective of ADONAI, as David his ancestor had done.
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He rid the land of cult-prosti-tutes and removed all the idols his ancestors had made.
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He also deposed Ma'akhah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a disgusting image as an asherah. Asa cut down this image of hers and burned it in Vadi Kidron.
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But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted with ADONAI throughout his life.
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He brought into the house of ADONAI all the articles his father had consecrated, also the things he himself had consecrated - silver, gold and utensils.
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There was war between Asa and Ba'sha king of Isra'el as long as they both lived.
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Ba'sha attacked Y'hudah, and he fortified Ramah to prevent anyone's leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Y'hudah.
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Then Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the house of ADONAI and among the treasures of the royal palace; and, entrusting them to his servants, King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tavrimmon, the son of Hezyon, king of Aram, who lived in Dammesek, with this message: