![]() ![]() He conquered ( Z) Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.”Ģ0 Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. 19 “Let there be a treaty ( Y) between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. He entrusted it to his officials and sent ( W) them to Ben-Hadad ( X) son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. 17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah ( U) to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.ġ8 Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple ( V) and of his own palace. ( S)ġ6 There was war ( T) between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. 15 He brought into the temple of the Lord the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated. 14 Although he did not remove ( Q) the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed ( R) to the Lord all his life. Asa cut it down ( P) and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah ( N) from her position as queen mother, ( O) because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. 12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes ( L) from the land and got rid of all the idols ( M) his ancestors had made. His grandmother’s name was Maakah ( J) daughter of Abishalom.ġ1 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David ( K) had done. Asa King of Judah ( H) ( I)ĩ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, 10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. 8 And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 7 As for the other events of Abijah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep ( E) any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life-except in the case of Uriah ( F) the Hittite.Ħ There was war ( G) between Abijah and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime. 4 Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp ( D) in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. ģ He committed all the sins his father had done before him his heart was not fully devoted ( C) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. His mother’s name was Maakah ( B) daughter of Abishalom. 15 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. ![]()
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