1 Kings 15

And in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nabat, Abiou son of Roboam reigns over Judah.

And he reigned six years. And his mother was named Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.

And he walked in the sins of his father which he did before him, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

For because of David the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might raise up his children after him and establish Jerusalem;

inasmuch as David did what was right before the Lord; he did not turn aside from all that he commanded him all the days of his life.

And the rest of the acts of Abiou and all that he did, behold, are these not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abiou and Jeroboam.

And Abiou slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Asa his son reigns in his place.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa reigns over Judah.

And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. And his mother was named Ana, daughter of Abessalom.

And Asa did what was right before the Lord, like David his father.

And he removed the mystery rites from the land, and he sent away all the practices which his fathers had made.

And Ana his mother he removed from being ruler, because she had made a gathering in her grove; and Asa cut down her hiding places and burned them with fire at the brook Kedron.

But the high places he did not take away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days.

And he brought in the pillars of his father, and his own pillars he brought into the house of the Lord, silver and gold and vessels.

And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all the days.

And Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah and built Rama, so that there should be no one going out or coming in for Asa king of Judah.

And Asa took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasuries of the king's house and gave them into the hands of his servants; and king Asa sent them to the son of Ader, son of Taberemman, son of Azin, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

Make a covenant between me and you and between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you gifts, silver and gold. Come, break your covenant with Baasa king of Israel, and he will go up away from me.

And the son of Ader listened to king Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel, and he struck Ain and Dan and Abelmaa and all Chezrath as far as all the land of Nephthali.

And it happened, when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama and returned to Thersa.

And king Asa gave orders to all Judah, as far as Ainakim, and they take away the stones of Rama and its timbers which Baasa had built; and with them king Asa built every hill of Benjamin and the watchtower.

And the rest of the acts of Asa and all his might which he did, behold, are these not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? Only in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

And Asa slept and is buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Josaphat his son reigns in his place.

And Nadab son of Jeroboam reigns over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

And he did what was evil before the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in his sins by which he made Israel to sin.

And Baasa son of Achia besieged him at the house of Belaan, and he struck him down at Gabathon of the foreigners, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gabathon.

And Baasa put him to death in the third year of Asa son of Abiou king of Judah, and he reigned.

And it happened, when he became king, that he struck the house of Jeroboam and left not any breathing thing of Jeroboam, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servant Achia the Selonite,

because of the sins of Jeroboam, how he made Israel to sin, and because of his provocation by which he provoked the Lord God of Israel.

And the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, behold, are these not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

And in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasa son of Achia reigns over Israel in Thersa, twenty-four years.

And he did what was evil before the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam son of Nabat and in his sins, as he made Israel to sin.