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He walked in all the sins of his fatherwhich he had committedbefore him; and his heart was not whollydevoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his fatherDavid.
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becauseDaviddidwhat was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turnedaside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
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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 warbetweenAbijam and Jeroboam.
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He alsoremovedMaacah his mother from being queenmother, because she had made a horridimage as an Asherah; and Asacutdown her horridimage and burned it at the brookKidron.
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Then Asatookall the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king'shouse, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And KingAsasent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
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"Let there be a treatybetween you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baashaking of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
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So Ben-hadadlistened to KingAsa and sent the commanders of his armiesagainst the cities of Israel, and conqueredIjon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and allChinneroth, besidesall the land of Naphtali.
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Then KingAsamade a proclamation to allJudah-none was exempt -and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with whichBaasha had built. And KingAsabuilt with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
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Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the citieswhich he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles* of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his oldage he was diseased in his feet.
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Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issacharconspiredagainst him, and Baashastruck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and allIsrael were layingsiege to Gibbethon.
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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, according 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 which he made Israelsin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORDGod of Israel to anger.