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1 Kings 15
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
1And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
2For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, a daughter of Abishalom.
3And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah hisGod, as the heart of David his father.
4But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;
4But for David's sake Jehovah hisGod gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;
5Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.
5because David did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite.
7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
7And 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.
8Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.
8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.
9And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;
10And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
10and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.
11And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.
12Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made.
13And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.
13And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron.
14The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
14But the high places were not removed; only, Asa's heart was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
15He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.
15And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels.
16Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
16And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.
17And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,
18And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
19There is a league between me and thee, [as] between my father and thy father; behold, I send thee a present of silver and gold: go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
20So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth as far as all the land of Naphtali.
20And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
21And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
22And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? But when he was old he had a disease of the feet.
23And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and 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? Only, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.
24And 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 stead.
25Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.
25And 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.
26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.
26And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel sin.
27And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.
27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which [belonged] to the Philistines, when Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
28In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his place.
28And Baasha slew him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
29And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there was not one living person of all the family of Jeroboam whom he did not put to death, so the word of the Lord, which he said by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite, came about;
29And it came to pass when he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left to Jeroboam none that breathed; until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
30Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath.
30because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; by his provocation with which he provoked Jehovah theGod of Israel to anger.
31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
31And 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?
32And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
32And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.