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1 Kings 15:1 (GW)
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In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam (Nebat’s son), Abijam began to rule Judah.

1 Kings 15:2 (GW)
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He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:3 (GW)
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He followed the sinful example his father had set and wasn’t committed to the Lord his God as his ancestor David had been.

1 Kings 15:4 (GW)
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But for David’s sake the Lord his God made Abijam a lamp in Jerusalem. He appointed David’s descendant to rule after him and protected Jerusalem.

1 Kings 15:5 (GW)
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The Lord did this because David did what the Lord considered right: David never failed to do anything the Lord commanded him to do his entire life (except in the matter concerning Uriah the Hittite).

1 Kings 15:6 (GW)
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There was war between Abijam and Rehoboam throughout their lives.

1 Kings 15:7 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Abijam—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 15:8 (GW)
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Abijam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 15:9 (GW)
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In Jeroboam’s twentieth year as king of Israel, Asa began to rule as king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:10 (GW)
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He ruled 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was named Maacah, daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15:11 (GW)
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Asa did what the Lord considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

1 Kings 15:12 (GW)
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He forced the male temple prostitutes out of the land and got rid of the idols his father had made.

1 Kings 15:13 (GW)
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He also removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she made a statue of the repulsive goddess Asherah. Asa cut the statue down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 15:14 (GW)
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Although the illegal worship sites were not torn down, Asa remained committed to the Lord his entire life.

1 Kings 15:15 (GW)
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He brought into the Lord’s temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy.

1 Kings 15:16 (GW)
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There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel as long as they lived.

1 Kings 15:17 (GW)
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King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah to keep anyone from going to or coming from King Asa of Judah.

1 Kings 15:18 (GW)
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Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace and turned them over to his officials. King Asa sent them to Damascus to Aram’s King Benhadad, son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion.

1 Kings 15:19 (GW)
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He said, “There’s a treaty between you and me as there was between your father and my father. I’m sending you a present of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”

1 Kings 15:20 (GW)
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Benhadad did what King Asa requested. He sent his generals and their armies to attack the cities of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and the entire area around Chinneroth with the entire territory of Naphtali.

1 Kings 15:21 (GW)
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When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and lived in Tirzah.

1 Kings 15:22 (GW)
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Then King Asa drafted everyone in Judah and excused no one. He made them carry the stones and lumber from Ramah. Baasha had been using those to fortify the city. King Asa used the materials to fortify Geba in Benjamin and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:23 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Asa—all his heroic acts, everything he did, and the cities he fortified—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? But when he was old, he had a foot disease.

1 Kings 15:24 (GW)
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Asa lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor, David. His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.

1 Kings 15:25 (GW)
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Nadab, son of Jeroboam, began to rule Israel in Asa’s second year as king of Judah. He ruled for two years.

1 Kings 15:26 (GW)
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He did what the Lord considered evil, living as his father did, leading Israel into the same sins.

1 Kings 15:27 (GW)
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Then Baasha, son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab. Baasha assassinated him in the Philistine city of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelite forces were attacking it.

1 Kings 15:28 (GW)
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The assassination happened in Asa’s third year as king of Judah. Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel.

1 Kings 15:29 (GW)
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As soon as he was king, he killed everyone else in Jeroboam’s family. He did not spare a soul, as the Lord had spoken through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.

1 Kings 15:30 (GW)
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This was because of Jeroboam’s sins and the sins which he led Israel to commit. Those sins made the Lord God of Israel furious.

1 Kings 15:31 (GW)
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Isn’t everything else about Nadab—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 15:32 (GW)
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There was war between Asa and Baasha as long as they lived.

1 Kings 15:33 (GW)
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In Asa’s third year as king of Judah, Baasha, son of Ahijah, began to rule Israel in Tirzah. He ruled for 24 years.

1 Kings 15:34 (GW)
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He did what the Lord considered evil. He lived like Jeroboam and led Israel into committing the same sins.
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