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1 In the eighteenth year of [Israel's] King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah;
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Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
2 he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
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He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3 Abijam walked in all the sins his father had done before him, and he was not completely devoted to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.
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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.
4 But because of David, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem
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Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,
5 because David did what was right in the Lord's eyes, and he did not turn aside from anything He had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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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.
6 There had been war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Rehoboam's life.
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Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 The rest of the events of Abijam's [reign], along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
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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.
8 Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.
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And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.
9 In the twentieth year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah;
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In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah,
10 he reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
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and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa did what was right in the Lord's eyes, as his ancestor David had done.
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And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done.
12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.
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He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 He also removed his grandmother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa chopped down her obscene image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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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.
14 The high places were not taken away; but Asa's heart was completely with the Lord his entire life.
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But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
15 He brought his father's consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into the Lord's temple: silver, gold, and utensils.
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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.
16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 Israel's King Baasha went to war against Judah. He built Ramah in order to deny anyone access to Judah's King Asa.
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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.
18 So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,
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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,
19 "There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
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“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. ”
20 Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinneroth, and the whole land of Naphtali.
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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.
21 When Baasha heard [about it], he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.
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And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
22 Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them.
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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.
23 The rest of all the events of Asa's [reign], along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.
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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.
24 Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his forefather David. His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place.
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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.
25 Nadab son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Judah's King Asa; he reigned over Israel two years.
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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.
26 Nadab did what was evil in the Lord's sight and followed the example of his father and the sin he had caused Israel to commit.
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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.
27 Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
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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.
28 In the third year of Judah's King Asa, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
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So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.
29 When Baasha became king, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone alive until he had destroyed his family according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
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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.
30 This was because of Jeroboam's sins he had committed and had caused Israel to commit in the provocation he had provoked the Lord God of Israel with.
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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.
31 The rest of the events of Nadab's [reign], along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.
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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?
32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
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And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third year of Judah's King Asa, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah; [he reigned] 24 years.
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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.
34 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight and followed the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had caused Israel to commit.
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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.
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