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1 Kings 15:1 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 Abijah became the new king of Judah during the 18 year that Jeroboam son of Nebat ruled Israel.
2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother's name was Maacah. She was Absalom's daughter.
3 He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. In this way he was not like his grandfather, David.
4 But for David's sake, the Lord gave Abijah a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son. He also kept Jerusalem safe.
5 David had always done what the Lord said was right. He had always obeyed his commands. The only time David did not obey the Lord was when he sinned against Uriah the Hittite.
6 Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always fighting against each other.
7 The rest of what Abijah did is written in the book, The History of the Kings of Judah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam during the whole time that Abijah was king.
8 When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Abijah's son Asa became the new king after him.
9 During Jeroboam's 20 year as king over Israel, Asa became king of Judah.
10 He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother's name was Maacah, and she was the daughter of Absalom.
11 Asa did what the Lord said is right, as his ancestor David did.
12 During Asa's time there were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. Asa forced them to leave the country. He took away the idols that his ancestors had made.
13 King Asa also took away the right of his mother Maacah to be queen mother. He did this because she had set up one of those awful poles to honor the goddess Asherah. Asa cut down that Asherah pole and smashed it into small pieces and burned the pieces in the Kidron Valley.
14 Asa did not destroy the high places, even though he was faithful to the Lord all his life.
15 Asa and his father had given some special gifts to God. Asa put these gifts of gold, silver, and other things into the Temple.
16 The whole time that King Asa was king of Judah, he fought a war against King Baasha of Israel.
17 Once Baasha attacked Judah and then built up the city of Ramah to keep Asa from leaving Judah on any kind of military campaign.
18 So Asa took gold and silver from the treasuries of the Lord's Temple and the king's palace. He gave it to his officials and sent them to King Ben-Hadad of Aram. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben-Hadad's capital city.
19 Asa sent this message: "My father and your father had a peace agreement. Now I want to make a peace agreement with you. I am sending you this gift of gold and silver. Please break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel and make him leave us alone."
20 King Ben-Hadad made the agreement with King Asa and sent his army to fight against the Israelite towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, the towns near Lake Galilee, and the area of Naphtali.
21 When Baasha heard about these attacks, he stopped building up Ramah and went back to Tirzah.
22 Then King Asa gave an order to all the men in Judah. Everyone had to help. They had to go to Ramah and carry out all the stone and wood that Baasha was using to build up the city. They carried the material to Geba in Benjamin and to Mizpah and used it to strengthen those two cities.
23 All the other things about Asa�the great things he did and the cities he built� are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Judah. When Asa became old, his feet became infected.
24 He died and was buried in the City of David, his ancestor. Then Asa's son Jehoshaphat became the new king after him.
25 During Asa's second year as king of Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel. Nadab ruled over Israel for two years.
26 He did what the Lord said was wrong. He sinned just as his father Jeroboam did when he caused the Israelites to sin.
27 Baasha was the son of Ahijah. They were from the tribe of Issachar. Baasha made a plan to kill King Nadab. Nadab and all Israel were fighting against the Philistine town of Gibbethon. And that is where Baasha killed Nadab.
28 This happened during Asa's third year as king of Judah. So Baasha became the next king of Israel.
29 When Baasha became the new king, he killed everyone in Jeroboam's family. He left no one in Jeroboam's family alive. This happened just as the Lord said it would when he spoke through his servant Ahijah at Shiloh.
30 This happened because King Jeroboam had committed many sins and had caused the Israelites to sin. This made the Lord, the God of Israel, very angry.
31 The other things that Nadab did are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel.
32 All during the time that Baasha ruled over Israel, he was fighting wars against King Asa of Judah.
33 Baasha son of Ahijah became king of Israel during the third year that Asa ruled over Judah. Baasha ruled in Tirzah for 24 years,
34 but he did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the same sins that Jeroboam had done that caused the Israelites to sin.
1 Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 reigned H4427 Abijam H38 over H5921 Judah. H3063
2 Three H7969 years H8141 reigned H4427 he in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Maachah, H4601 the daughter H1323 of Abishalom. H53
3 And he walked H1980 in all H3605 the sins H2403 of his father, H1 which H834 he had done H6213 before H6440 him : and his heart H3824 was H1961 not H3808 perfect H8003 with H5973 the LORD H3068 his God, H430 as the heart H3824 of David H1732 his father. H1
4 Nevertheless H3588 for David's sake H4616 H1732 did the LORD H3068 his God H430 give H5414 him a lamp H5216 in Jerusalem, H3389 to set up H6965 H853 his son H1121 after H310 him , and to establish H5975 H853 Jerusalem: H3389
5 Because H834 David H1732 did H6213 that which was H853 right H3477 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and turned not aside H3808 H5493 from any H4480 H3605 thing that H834 he commanded H6680 him all H3605 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 save only H7535 in the matter H1697 of Uriah H223 the Hittite. H2850
6 And there was H1961 war H4421 between H996 Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life. H2416
7 Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Abijam, H38 and all H3605 that H834 he did, H6213 are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ? And there was H1961 war H4421 between H996 Abijam H38 and Jeroboam. H3379
8 And Abijam H38 slept H7901 with H5973 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. H8478
9 And in the twentieth H6242 year H8141 of Jeroboam H3379 king H4428 of Israel H3478 reigned H4427 H4428 Asa H609 over Judah. H3063
10 And forty H705 and one H259 years H8141 reigned H4427 he in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Maachah, H4601 the daughter H1323 of Abishalom. H53
11 And Asa H609 did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD, H3068 as did David H1732 his father. H1
12 And he took away H5674 the sodomites H6945 out of H4480 the land, H776 and removed H5493 H853 all H3605 the idols H1544 that H834 his fathers H1 had made. H6213
13 And also H1571 H853 Maachah H4601 his mother, H517 even her he removed H5493 from being queen H4480 H1377 , because H834 she had made H6213 an idol H4656 in a grove; H842 and Asa H609 destroyed H3772 H853 her idol, H4656 and burnt H8313 it by the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939
14 But the high places H1116 were not H3808 removed: H5493 nevertheless H7535 Asa's H609 heart H3824 was H1961 perfect H8003 with H5973 the LORD H3068 all H3605 his days. H3117
15 And he brought in H935 H853 the things which his father H1 had dedicated, H6944 and the things which himself had dedicated, H6944 into the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 silver, H3701 and gold, H2091 and vessels. H3627
16 And there was H1961 war H4421 between H996 Asa H609 and Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 all H3605 their days. H3117
17 And Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 against H5921 Judah, H3063 and built H1129 H853 Ramah, H7414 that he might not H1115 suffer H5414 any to go out H3318 or come in H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah. H3063
18 Then Asa H609 took H3947 H853 all H3605 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's H4428 house, H1004 and delivered H5414 them into the hand H3027 of his servants: H5650 and king H4428 Asa H609 sent H7971 them to H413 Ben- H1130 hadad , 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
19 There is a league H1285 between H996 me and thee, and between H996 my father H1 and thy father: H1 behold, H2009 I have sent H7971 unto thee a present H7810 of silver H3701 and gold; H2091 come H1980 and break H6565 H853 thy league H1285 with H854 Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel, H3478 that he may depart H5927 from H4480 H5921 me.
20 So Ben- H1130 hadad hearkened H8085 unto H413 king H4428 Asa, H609 and sent H7971 H853 the captains H8269 of the hosts H2428 which H834 he had against H5921 the cities H5892 of Israel, H3478 and smote H5221 H853 Ijon, H5859 and Dan, H1835 and Abel- H62 beth-maachah , and all H3605 Cinneroth, H3672 with H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Naphtali. H5321
21 And it came to pass, H1961 when Baasha H1201 heard H8085 thereof , that he left off H2308 building H4480 H1129 of H853 Ramah, H7414 and dwelt H3427 in Tirzah. H8656
22 Then king H4428 Asa H609 made a proclamation H8085 throughout H853 all H3605 Judah; H3063 none H369 was exempted: H5355 and they took away H5375 H853 the stones H68 of Ramah, H7414 and the timber H6086 thereof, wherewith H834 Baasha H1201 had built; H1129 and king H4428 Asa H609 built H1129 with them H853 Geba H1387 of Benjamin, H1144 and Mizpah. H4709
23 The rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa, H609 and all H3605 his might, H1369 and all H3605 that H834 he did, H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built, H1129 are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ? Nevertheless H7535 in the time H6256 of his old age H2209 he was diseased H2470 in H853 his feet. H7272
24 And Asa H609 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers, H1 and was buried H6912 with H5973 his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of David H1732 his father: H1 and Jehoshaphat H3092 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead. H8478
25 And Nadab H5070 the son H1121 of Jeroboam H3379 began to reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 in the second H8147 year H8141 of Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and reigned H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 two years. H8141
26 And he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and walked H1980 in the way H1870 of his father, H1 and in his sin H2403 wherewith H834 he made Israel to sin H2398 H853 H3478 .
27 And Baasha H1201 the son H1121 of Ahijah, H281 of the house H1004 of Issachar, H3485 conspired H7194 against H5921 him ; and Baasha H1201 smote H5221 him at Gibbethon, H1405 which H834 belonged to the Philistines; H6430 for Nadab H5070 and all H3605 Israel H3478 laid siege H6696 to H5921 Gibbethon. H1405
28 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. H8478
29 And it came to pass, H1961 when he reigned, H4427 that he smote H5221 H853 all H3605 the house H1004 of Jeroboam; H3379 he left H7604 not H3808 to Jeroboam H3379 any H3605 that breathed, H5397 until H5704 he had destroyed H8045 him , according unto the saying H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 he spoke H1696 by H3027 his servant H5650 Ahijah H281 the Shilonite: H7888
30 Because H5921 of the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 which H834 he sinned, H2398 and which H834 he made Israel to sin H2398 H853 H3478 , by his provocation H3708 wherewith H834 he provoked H3707 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger.
31 Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Nadab, H5070 and all H3605 that H834 he did, H6213 are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 ?
32 And there was H1961 war H4421 between H996 Asa H609 and Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 all H3605 their days. H3117
33 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 H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 in Tirzah, H8656 twenty H6242 and four H702 years. H8141
34 And he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and walked H1980 in the way H1870 of Jeroboam, H3379 and in his sin H2403 wherewith H834 he made Israel to sin H2398 H853 H3478 .
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