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And there was war between Abiam and Jeroboam. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Abiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. </p> <a name="9" id="9"></a><p class="hdg">Asa's Good Reign in Judah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/14.htm">2 Chronicles 14:1-15</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa king of Juda, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he reigned one end forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacha, the daughter of Abessalom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Moreover he also removed his mother Maacha, from being the princess in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in the grove which she had consecrated to him: and he destroyed her den, and broke in pieces the filthy idol, and burnt it by the torrent Cedron: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the high places he did not take away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and he had vowed, into the house of the Lord, silver and gold, and vessels. </p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">War between Asa and Baasha<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/16.htm">2 Chronicles 16:1-6</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And there was war between Asa, and Baasa king of Israel all their days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Baasa king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, that no man might go out or come in, of the side of Asa king of Juda. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants : and sent them to Benadad son of Tabremon the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: therefore I have sent thee presents of silver and gold: and I desire thee to come, and break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Benadad hearkening to king Asa, sent the captains of his army against the cities of Israel, and they smote Ahion, and Dan, and Abeldomum Maacha, and all Cenneroth, that is all the land of Nephtali. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But king Asa sent word into all Juda, saying: Let no man be excused: and they took away the stones from Rama, and the timber thereof wherewith Baasa had been building, and with them Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha. </p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/17.htm">2 Chronicles 17:1-19</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his strength, and all that he did and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David his father. And Josaphat his son reigned in his place. </p> <p class="hdg">Nadab's Wicked Reign in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Nadab the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel the second year of Asa king of Juda: and he reigned over Israel two years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Baasa the son of Ahias of the house of Issachar, conspired against him, and slew him in Gebbethon, which is a city of the Philistines: for Nadab and all Israel besieged Gebbethon. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa king of Juda, and reigned in his place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when he was king he cut off all the house of Jeroboam: he left not so much as one soul of his seed, till he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Because of the sin of Jeroboam, which he had sinned, and wherewith he had made Israel to sin, and for the offence, wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And there was war between Asa and Baasa the king of Israel all their days. </p> <p class="hdg">Baasha's Wicked Reign in Israel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Ahias reigned over all Israel, in Thersa, four and twenty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And he did evil before the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_kings/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>