Asa Rules Over Judah |
1 Kings 15:1-34 1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
In the 18th year king Jeroboam, [Nebat’s] son, [ruled,] Abijam, [a.k.a. Abijah, ruled] over Judah. [Abijam ruled for] 3 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, [a.k.a. Absalom.] |
And [Abijam] walked, [a.k.a. followed] in all the sins [that] his father had done before him. And [Abiajam’s] heart wasn’t perfect, [a.k.a. blameless,] with the Lord his God, [like] the heart of David his [forefather.] [Still,] for David’s sake, the Lord his God [gave] him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, & to establish Jerusalem. |
Because David did [what] was right in the eyes of the Lord, & [didn’t turn away] from anything that [the Lord God] commanded him all the days his life, [except] only in the matter of Uriah, the Hittite. |
[2 Samuel 11:14-15 And it [happened] in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, & sent it [at] the hand of Uriah. And he wrote in the letter, saying, You [put] Uriah in the [front] of the hottest battle, & [move back] from him, [so] that he may be [struck down] & die.] |
There was war between Rehoboam, [Solomon’s son,] & Jeroboam, [Nebat’s son,] all [their lives.] Now, aren’t the rest of [Abijam’s actions,] & all he did written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
There was war between Abijam & Jeroboam. And Abijam [died,] & slept with his [forefathers] & they buried him in the city of David. And Asa, [Abijam’s] son, [ruled] in his [place.] |
In the 20th year Jeroboam [ruled] [as] [Israel’s] king, Asa [ruled] over Judah. [Asa ruled] 41 years in Jerusalem. His [grandmother’s] name was Maacha, the daughter of Abishalom, [a.k.a. Absalom.] |
And Asa did [what] was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his [forefather.] He took away the sodomites [from] the land, & removed all the idols that his father had made. He even removed his [grandmother,] Maachah, from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove. |
And Asa destroyed her idol, & burnt it by the Brook [of] Kidron. But the high places weren’t removed. [Still,] Asa’s heart was perfect, [a.k.a. blameless,] with the Lord all his [life.] |
And [Asa] brought in the things [that] his father had dedicated, & the things that [he] had dedicated, into the [Lord’s] house: [of] silver, gold, & vessels. There was war between Asa, [king of Judah,] & Baasha, [Israel’s] king, all their [lives.] |
And Baasha, [Israel’s] king, went up against Judah, & built [up] Ramah, [so] he might not [allow anyone] to go out or come in to Asa, [Judah’s] king. |
Then, Asa took all the silver & gold that were left in the treasures of the [Lord’s] house, & the treasures [from] the king’s house, & delivered them into the [hands] of his servants. |
And king Asa sent them to BenHadad, [Tabrimon’s] son, [who was] the son of Hezion, [Syria’s] king, [who lived] in Damascus, saying, There is [an alliance] between me & you, & between my father & your father. |
[Look,] I have sent to you a present of silver & gold. Come & break your [alliance] with Baasha, [Israel’s] king, [so] he may depart from me. |
So, BenHadad [listened] to king Asa, & sent the captains of the [army, that] he had against the cities of Israel, & [attacked:] Ijon, Dan, AbelBethMaachah, & all [of] Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. |
And it [happened,] when Baasha heard [of this,] he [stopped] building Ramah, & [stayed] in Tirzah. Then, king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah. |
[No one] was exempted; & they took away the stones, & timber of Ramah, [with which] Baasha had [used to] [build;] & king Asa built: Geba of Benjamin, & Mizpah, with them. |
Aren’t the rest of all [Asa’s actions,] all his might, all he did, & the cities [that] he built, written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? [But] in the time of his old age, [Asa] was diseased in his feet. |
And Asa [died,] & slept with his [forefathers,] & was buried with his [forefathers] in the city of David, his [forefather.] And Jehoshaphat, his son, [ruled] in his [place.] And Nadab, [Jeroboam’s] son, began to [rule] over Israel, in the 2nd year Asa [ruled] [as] king of Judah. |
And [Nadab ruled] over Israel [for] 2 years. And [Nadab] did [wickedly] in the sight of the Lord [God,] & walked, [a.k.a. followed,] in the [ways] of his father, & [with which] he [caused] Israel to sin. [Psalm 78:58-59 For they provoked [God] to anger with their high places, & moved Him to jealousy with their [carved] images. When God heard this, He was [furious,] & greatly [loathed] Israel.] |
And Baasha, [Ahijah’s] son, [from] the house of Issachar, conspired against [Nadab;] & Baasha [killed Nadab] at Gibbethon, [because] Nadab, & all [of] Israel [had attacked] Gibbethon, [that] belonged to the Philistines. |
Even [during Asa’s] 3rd year [as] [Judah’s] king, Baasha [killed] him, & [ruled] in his [place.] When [Baasha ruled,] it [happened,] that he [killed] all the house of Jeroboam. |
[Baasha] left [none alive,] to Jeroboam, until he had destroyed [them,] according to [what] the Lord [God had] [said] by His servant, Ahijah, the Shilonite, because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he [did, & with] which he [caused] Israel to sin, [with what] he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger. |
[1 Kings 14:9 But [you] have done evil above all [who] were before you. For you have gone, & made [yourself] other gods, & [molded] images, to provoke Me to anger, & you have [turned] your back [on] Me.] |
Now, aren’t the rest of [Nadab’s actions,] & all that he did, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
And there was [a] war between Asa & Baasha, [Israel’s] king, all their [lives.] [During] Asa’s 3rd year [as] [Judah’s] king, Baasha, [Ahijah’s] son, began to [rule] over all [of] Israel in Tirzah, [for] 24 years. |
And [Baasha[ did [wickedly] in the sight of the Lord [God,] & walked, [a.k.a. followed,] in the [ways] of Jeroboam, & in his sin [with which] he [caused] Israel to sin. |