I Kings 15 · מלכים א

Now in the eighteenth year of king Yorov῾am the son of Nevat did Aviyyam reign over Yehuda.

Three years he reigned in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Ma῾akha, the daughter of Avishalom.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Yerushalayim, to set up his son after him, and to establish Yerushalayim.

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyya the Ḥitti.

And there was war between Reĥav῾am and Yorov῾am all the days of his life.

Now the rest of the acts of Aviyyam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda? And there was war between Aviyyam and Yorov῾am.

And Aviyyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

And in the twentieth year of Yorov῾am king of Yisra᾽el reigned Asa over Yehuda.

And forty one years did he reign in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Ma῾akha, the daughter of Avishalom.

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.

And he took away the male prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

And also Ma῾akha his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made a monstrous image for an Ashera; and Asa destroyed her image, and burnt it in the wadi Qidron.

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.

And there was war between Asa and Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el all their days.

And Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el went up against Yehuda, and built Rama, that he might not allow any to go out or come in to Asa king of Yehuda.

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tavrimon, the son of Ḥezyon, king of Aram, that dwelt at Dammeseq, saying,

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el, that he may depart from me.

So Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Yisra᾽el, and smote ῾Iyyon, and Dan, and Avel-bet-ma῾akha, and all Kinnerot with all the land of Naftali.

And it came to pass, when Ba῾asha heard of it, that he left off building Rama, and dwelt in Tirża.

Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Yehuda; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Rama, and the timber thereof, with which Ba῾asha had built; and king Asa built with them Geva of Binyamin, and Miżpa.

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Yehoshafat his son reigned in his stead.

And Nadav the son of Yorov῾am began to reign over Yisra᾽el in the second year of Asa king of Yehuda, and reigned over Yisra᾽el for two years.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Yisra᾽el to sin.

And Ba῾asha the son of Aĥiyya, of the house of Yissakhar, conspired against him; and Ba῾asha smote him at Gibbeton, which belonged to the Pelishtim; for Nadav and all Yisra᾽el laid siege to Gibbeton.

Even in the third year of Asa king of Yehuda did Ba῾asha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Yorov῾am; he left not to Yorov῾am anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Aĥiyya the Shiloni:

because of the sins of Yorov῾am which he sinned, and which he made Yisra᾽el sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the Lord God of Yisra᾽el to anger.

Now the rest of the acts of Nadav, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yisra᾽el?

And there was war between Asa and Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el all their days.

In the third year of Asa king of Yehuda began Ba῾asha the son of Aĥiyya to reign over all Yisra᾽el in Tirża, twenty four years.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Yorov῾am, and his sin with which he made Yisra᾽el to sin.