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Now in the eighteenth[H8083]year[H8141] of king[H4428]Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028]reigned[H4427]Abijam[H38] over Judah[H3063].
2Three[H7969]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Maachah[H4601], the daughter[H1323] of Abishalom[H53].
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And he walked[H3212] in all the sins[H2403] of his father[H1], which he had done[H6213]before[H6440] him: and his heart[H3824] was not perfect[H8003] with the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], as the heart[H3824] of David[H1732] his father[H1].
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Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD[H3068] his God[H430]give[H5414] him a lamp[H5216] in Jerusalem[H3389], to set up[H6965] his son[H1121]after[H310] him, and to establish[H5975]Jerusalem[H3389]:
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Because David[H1732]did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and turned not aside[H5493] from any thing that he commanded[H6680] him all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416], save only in the matter[H1697] of Uriah[H223] the Hittite[H2850].
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And there was war[H4421] between Rehoboam[H7346] and Jeroboam[H3379] all the days[H3117] of his life[H2416].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Abijam[H38], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063] And there was war[H4421] between Abijam[H38] and Jeroboam[H3379].
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And Abijam[H38]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]; and they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Asa[H609] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And in the twentieth[H6242]year[H8141] of Jeroboam[H3379]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]reigned[H4427]Asa[H609] over Judah[H3063].
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And forty[H705] and one[H259]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Maachah[H4601], the daughter[H1323] of Abishalom[H53].
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And Asa[H609]did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], as did[H6213]David[H1732] his father[H1].
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And he took away[H5674] the sodomites[H6945] out of the land[H776], and removed[H5493] all the idols[H1544] that his fathers[H1] had made[H6213].
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And also Maachah[H4601] his mother[H517], even her he removed[H5493] from being queen[H1377], because she had made[H6213] an idol[H4656] in a grove[H842]; and Asa[H609]destroyed[H3772] her idol[H4656], and burnt[H8313] it by the brook[H5158]Kidron[H6939].
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But the high places[H1116] were not removed[H5493]: nevertheless Asa's heart[H3824] was perfect[H8003] with the LORD[H3068] all his days[H3117].
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And he brought[H935] in the things[H6944] which his father[H1] had dedicated[H6944], and the things[H6944] which himself had dedicated[H6944], into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], silver[H3701], and gold[H2091], and vessels[H3627].
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And there was war[H4421] between Asa[H609] and Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] all their days[H3117].
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And Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927] against Judah[H3063], and built[H1129]Ramah[H7414], that he might not suffer[H5414] any to go out[H3318] or come in[H935] to Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
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Then Asa[H609]took[H3947] all the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] that were left[H3498] in the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of his servants[H5650]: and king[H4428]Asa[H609]sent[H7971] them to Benhadad[H1130], the son[H1121] of Tabrimon[H2886], the son[H1121] of Hezion[H2383], king[H4428] of Syria[H758], that dwelt[H3427] at Damascus[H1834], saying[H559],
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There is a league[H1285] between me and thee, and between my father[H1] and thy father[H1]: behold, I have sent[H7971] unto thee a present[H7810] of silver[H3701] and gold[H2091]; come[H3212] and break[H6565] thy league[H1285] with Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that he may depart[H5927] from me.
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So Benhadad[H1130]hearkened[H8085] unto king[H4428]Asa[H609], and sent[H7971] the captains[H8269] of the hosts[H2428] which he had against the cities[H5892] of Israel[H3478], and smote[H5221]Ijon[H5859], and Dan[H1835], and Abelbethmaachah[H62], and all Cinneroth[H3672], with all the land[H776] of Naphtali[H5321].
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And it came to pass, when Baasha[H1201]heard[H8085] thereof, that he left off[H2308]building[H1129] of Ramah[H7414], and dwelt[H3427] in Tirzah[H8656].
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Then king[H4428]Asa[H609] made a proclamation[H8085] throughout all Judah[H3063]; none was exempted[H5355]: and they took[H5375] away the stones[H68] of Ramah[H7414], and the timber[H6086] thereof, wherewith Baasha[H1201] had builded[H1129]; and king[H4428]Asa[H609]built[H1129] with them Geba[H1387] of Benjamin[H1144], and Mizpah[H4709].
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The rest[H3499] of all the acts[H1697] of Asa[H609], and all his might[H1369], and all that he did[H6213], and the cities[H5892] which he built[H1129], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063] Nevertheless in the time[H6256] of his old age[H2209] he was diseased[H2470] in his feet[H7272].
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And Asa[H609]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732] his father[H1]: and Jehoshaphat[H3092] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And Nadab[H5070] the son[H1121] of Jeroboam[H3379] began to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and reigned[H4427] over Israel[H3478]two[H8147]years[H8141].
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And he did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of his father[H1], and in his sin[H2403] wherewith he made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].
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And Baasha[H1201] the son[H1121] of Ahijah[H281], of the house[H1004] of Issachar[H3485], conspired[H7194] against him; and Baasha[H1201]smote[H5221] him at Gibbethon[H1405], which belonged to the Philistines[H6430]; for Nadab[H5070] and all Israel[H3478] laid siege[H6696] to Gibbethon[H1405].
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Even in the third[H7969]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] did Baasha[H1201]slay[H4191] him, and reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And it came to pass, when he reigned[H4427], that he smote[H5221] all the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379]; he left[H7604] not to Jeroboam[H3379] any that breathed[H5397], until he had destroyed[H8045] him, according unto the saying[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027] his servant[H5650]Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888]:
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Because of the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379] which he sinned[H2398], and which he made Israel[H3478]sin[H2398], by his provocation[H3708] wherewith he provoked the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] to anger[H3707].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Nadab[H5070], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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And there was war[H4421] between Asa[H609] and Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] all their days[H3117].
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In the third[H7969]year[H8141] of Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] began Baasha[H1201] the son[H1121] of Ahijah[H281] to reign[H4427] over all Israel[H3478] in Tirzah[H8656], twenty[H6242] and four[H702]years[H8141].
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And he did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], and walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of Jeroboam[H3379], and in his sin[H2403] wherewith he made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].