<vn='1'>Now in the <sn="8083 6240">eighteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="38">Abijam</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="7969">Three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> he in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="4601">Maachah</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="53">Abishalom</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="1980">walked</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="6440">before</s> him: and his <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, as the <sn="3824">heart</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">Nevertheless</s> for David's <sn="4616 1732">sake</s> did the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s><sn="5414">give</s> him a <sn="5216">lamp</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to set <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="310">after</s> him, and to <sn="5975">establish</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="834">Because</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="*853"></s><sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and turned not <sn="3808 5493">aside</s> from <sn="4480 3605">any</s> thing <sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6680">commanded</s> him <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>, save <sn="7535">only</s> in the <sn="1697">matter</s> of <sn="223">Uriah</s> the <sn="2850">Hittite</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="38">Abijam</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="38">Abijam</s> and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="38">Abijam</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>; and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>: and <sn="609">Asa</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And in the <sn="6242">twentieth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="4427 4428">reigned</s><sn="609">Asa</s> over <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="705">forty</s> and <sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> he in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="4601">Maachah</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="53">Abishalom</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as did <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he took <sn="5674">away</s> the <sn="6945">sodomites</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="5493">removed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1544">idols</s><sn="834">that</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1571">also</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4601">Maachah</s> his <sn="517">mother</s>, even her he <sn="5493">removed</s> from being <sn="4480 1377">queen</s>, <sn="834">because</s> she had <sn="6213">made</s> an <sn="4656">idol</s> in a <sn="842">grove</s>; and <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="3772">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="4656">idol</s>, and <sn="8313">burnt</s> it by the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>But the high <sn="1116">places</s> were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5493">removed</s>: <sn="7535">nevertheless</s><sn="609">Asa</s> 's <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he brought <sn="935">in</s><sn="*853"></s> the things which his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6944">dedicated</s>, and the things which himself had <sn="6944">dedicated</s>, into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3627">vessels</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="609">Asa</s> and <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7414">Ramah</s>, that he might <sn="1115">not</s><sn="5414">suffer</s> any to go <sn="3318">out</s> or come <sn="935">in</s> to <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3701">silver</s> and the <sn="2091">gold</s> that were <sn="3498">left</s> in the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s>: and <sn="4428">king</s><sn="609">Asa</s><sn="7971">sent</s> them <sn="413">to</s><sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2886">Tabrimon</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2383">Hezion</s>, <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>, that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> at <sn="1834">Damascus</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='19'> There is a <sn="1285">league</s><sn="996">between</s> me and thee, and <sn="996">between</s> my <sn="1">father</s> and thy <sn="1">father</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I have <sn="7971">sent</s> unto thee a <sn="7810">present</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s> and <sn="2091">gold</s>; <sn="1980">come</s> and <sn="6565">break</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1285">league</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that he may <sn="5927">depart</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>So <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad <sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="609">Asa</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">hosts</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5859">Ijon</s>, and <sn="1835">Dan</s>, and <sn="62">Abel</s> -beth-maachah, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3672">Cinneroth</s>, <sn="5921">with</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="5321">Naphtali</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="8085">heard</s> thereof, that he left <sn="2308">off</s><sn="4480 1129">building</s> of <sn="*853"></s><sn="7414">Ramah</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in <sn="8656">Tirzah</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="4428">king</s><sn="609">Asa</s> made a <sn="8085">proclamation</s> throughout <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>; <sn="369">none</s> was <sn="5355">exempted</s>: and they took <sn="5375">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="68">stones</s> of <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, and the <sn="6086">timber</s> thereof, <sn="834">wherewith</s><sn="1201">Baasha</s> had <sn="1129">built</s>; and <sn="4428">king</s><sn="609">Asa</s><sn="1129">built</s> with them <sn="*853"></s><sn="1387">Geba</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and <sn="4709">Mizpah</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="3499">rest</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1369">might</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and the <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1129">built</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? <sn="7535">Nevertheless</s> in the <sn="6256">time</s> of his old <sn="2209">age</s> he was <sn="2470">diseased</s> in <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: and <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="5070">Nadab</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> began to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in the <sn="8147">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> two <sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, and in his <sn="2403">sin</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> he made Israel to <sn="2398 *853 3478">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="1201">Baasha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="281">Ahijah</s>, of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3485">Issachar</s>, <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> him; and <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him at <sn="1405">Gibbethon</s>, <sn="834">which</s> belonged to the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>; for <sn="5070">Nadab</s> and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> laid <sn="6696">siege</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="1405">Gibbethon</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Even in the <sn="7969">third</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> did <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="4191">slay</s> him, and <sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he <sn="4427">reigned</s>, that he <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>; he <sn="7604">left</s><sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3605">any</s> that <sn="5397">breathed</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he had <sn="8045">destroyed</s> him, according unto the <sn="1697">saying</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="281">Ahijah</s> the <sn="7888">Shilonite</s>: </v>
<vn='30'><sn="5921">Because</s> of the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="2398">sinned</s>, and <sn="834">which</s> he made Israel to <sn="2398 *853 3478">sin</s>, by his <sn="3708">provocation</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> he <sn="3707">provoked</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to anger. </v>
<vn='31'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="5070">Nadab</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='32'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="609">Asa</s> and <sn="1201">Baasha</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>In the <sn="7969">third</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="609">Asa</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> began <sn="1201">Baasha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="281">Ahijah</s> to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="8656">Tirzah</s>, <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="702">four</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, and in his <sn="2403">sin</s><sn="834">wherewith</s> he made Israel to <sn="2398 *853 3478">sin</s>. </v>