Solomon's wisdom and magnificence. I. KINGS. His wives and concubines the LORD; there was no more spirit in her./more-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report 28 And Solomon had horses brought out of that I heard in mine own iand of thy acts and of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants rethy wisdom. ceived the linen yarn at a price. 7 Howbeit, believed not the words, until 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for the half was not told me: thy wisdom and pros-a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of perity exceedeth the fame which I heard. the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy ser- bring them out by their means. vants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. CHAP. XI. 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted BUT King Solomon loved many strange, woIn thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because men, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, he thee king, to do judgment and justice. Zidonians, and Hittites; 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twen-2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said ty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to and precious stones: there came no more such them, neither shall they come in unto you: for abundance of spices as these which the queen surely they will turn away your heart after their of Sheba gave to king Solomon. gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great and three hundred concubines: and his wives plenty of alming-trees, and precious stones. turned away his heart. 12 And the king made of the almug-trees pillars 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, that his wives turned away his heart after other harps also and psalteries for singers: there came gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD no such almug-trees, nor were seen unto this day. his God, as was the heart of David his father. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the godSheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, be-dess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abosides that which Solomon gave her of his royal mination of the Ammonites. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. bounty. So she turned and went to her own 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, country, she and her servants. and went not fully after the LORD, as did David 141 Now the weight of gold that came to So-his father. lomon in one year was six hundred threescore 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Cheand six talents of gold, mosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that 15 Besides that he had of the merchantmen, and is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomiof the traffick of the spice-merchants, and of all nation of the children of Ammon. the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, country. which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that Le should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 13 Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son, for Da21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels vid my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of which I have chosen." the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none 14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. of his father's servants with him, to go into 25 And they brought every man his present, Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and gar- 18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to ments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, Paran: and they took men with them out of a rate year by year. Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoli 26 And Solomon gathered together chariots, king of Egypt; which gave him a house, and and horsemen and he had a thousand and four appointed him victuals, and gave him land. hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horse-19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of men, whom he bestowed in the cities for cha-Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of riots, and with the king at Jerusalem. his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genuas stones, and cedars made he to be as the syca-bath his son, whom Talipenes weaned in Pha 1 1 Ahjah s prophecy of Jeroboam. CHAP. XII. Death of Solomon raoh's house and Genubath was in Pharaoh's 41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and household among the sons of Pharaoh. all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David written in the book of the acts of Solomon? slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jeru of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let salem over all Israel was forty years. me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast was buried in the city of David his father: and thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekestį Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit, let me go in any wise. 23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, whither A lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. CHAP. XII. Rehoboam succeedeth Solomon. ND Rehoboam went toShechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the sou of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solo inon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jerob am and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 Aud he said unto them, Depart yet for three 27 And this wasthecause that helifted uphis hand days, then come again to me. And the people against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repair-departed. 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Iladad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 261 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. ed the breaches of the city of David his father. 6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man men that stood before Solomon his father while of valour and Solomon seeing the young man he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I that he was industrious, he made him ruler over may answer this people? all the charge of the house of Joseph. 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt he 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jero-a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve boan went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet them, and answer them, and speak good words Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Is-ye that we may answer this people, who have rael, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: father did put upon us lighter? 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant 10 And the young men that were grown up with David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) speak unto this people that spake unto thee, say33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have ing, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zido-thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto nians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and them, My little finger shall be thicker than my Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and father's loins. have not walked in my ways, to do that which 11 And now whereas my father did lade you is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke my and my judgments, as did David his father. father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 34 Howbeit, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all 12 1 So Jeroboam and all the people came to the days of his life for David my servant's sake, Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointwhom I chose, because he kept my comurand-fed, saying, Come to me again the third day. ments and my statutes: 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people for the cause was from the LORD, that 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all he might perform his saying, which the LORD that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, spake by Alijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam and do that is right in my sight, to keep my the son of Nebat. statutes and my commandinents, as David my 16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearservant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. kened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who Iwas over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him 200 Ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam. I. KINGS. The disobedient prophet slain with stones, that he died. Therefore king Re-[heard the saying of the man of God, which had hoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put to flee to Jerusalem. forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David on him. And his hand, which he put forth against unto this day. him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in 20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that again to him." Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and call-5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured ed him unto the congregation, and made him king out from the altar, according to the sign which over all Israel: there was none that followed the the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 6 And the king answered and said unto the 21 ¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusa-man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD lem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore restored me again. And the man of God besought thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to the Loko, and the king's hand was restored him fight against the house of Israel, to bring the again, and became as it was before. kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will the man of God, saying, give thee a reward. 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judali thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go and Benjamin, and to the remuant of the peo-in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink ple, saying, water in this place: 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, uor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 25 1 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out fron. thence, and built Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboami king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? for his sons had seen what way the man of God went which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the drink water. But he lied unto him. calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread the priests of the high places which he had made. in his house and drank water. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had 20 T And it came to pass, as they sat at the ta made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth ble, that the word of the LORD came unto the month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. CHAP. XIII. Prophecy against the altar at Beth-el. AND behold, there came a man of God out of prophet that brouglit him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, For asmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no wa2 And he cried against the altar in the word of ter; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepul the LORD, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith the chre of thy fathers. LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled shall he offer the priests of the high places that for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall had brought back. be burnt upon thee. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes stood by the carcass. that are upon it shall be poured out. 25 And behold, men passed by, and saw the 4 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by Jeroboam's obstinacy. CHAP. XIV. Death of his son Abijah. the carcass: and they came and told it in the that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take city where the old prophet dwelt. away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as 26 And when the prophet that brought him back a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him." 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14 Moreover, the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day but what? even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and out of this good land, which he gave to their fathey mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! thers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, because they have made their groves, provoking that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, the LORD to anger. then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the God is buried; lay my tones beside his bones: sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Israel to sin. the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against 17 ¶ And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, all the houses of the high places which are in the and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. threshold of the door, the child died: 331 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned his evil way, but made again of the lowest of for him, according to the word of the LORD, the people priests of the high places: whosoever which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahiwould, he consecrated him, and he became one jah the prophet. of the priests of the high places. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings from off the face of the earth. of Israel. A sick. CHAP. XIV. Prophecy against Jeroboam. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his Tthat time Abijali the son of Jeroboam fell fathers; and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reign2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I prayed in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known old when he began to reign; and he reigned seto be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shi-venteen years in Jerusalem, the city which the loh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, told me that I should be king over this people. to put his name there and his mother's name 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, was Naamah and Ammonitess. and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Alijah. But Abijali could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 51 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for 24 And there were also sodomites in the land: her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou and they did according to all the abominations say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, of the nations which the LORD cast out before that she shall feign herself to be another woman. the children of Israel. came up against Jerusalem: 6 And it was so, when Alijah heard the sound 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of house; he even took away all: and he took away Israel, Forasinuch as I exalted thee from among all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. the people, and made thee prince over my people 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead Israel, brazen shields, and committed them unto the 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not door of the king's house. been as my servant David, who kept my com- 28 And it was so, when the king went into the mantiments, and who followed me with all his house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 9 But hast done evil above all that were before 29 1 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other all that he did, are they not written in the book gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? and hast cast me behind thy back: 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 10 Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jerobeam him that pisseth against the wall, and him 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. Asa's good reign. I. KINGS. Jehoshaphat succeedcth him And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammo-(king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and nitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. Mizpah. CHAP. XV. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which Reigns of Abijam, and Asa. Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam he built, are they not written in the book of the the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And the time of his old age he was diseased in his his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter feet. of Abishalom. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buri3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, ed with his fathers in the city of David his father: which he had done before him and his heart and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to heart of David his father. reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5 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 Uriah the Hittite. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 Aud forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Alijah the Shilonite: 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 14 But the high places were not removed: never-walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin theless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD wherewith he made Israel to sin. all his days. THEN CHAP. XVI. 15 And he brought in the things which his father Jehu's prophecy against Baasha. had dedicated, and the things which himself hadHIEN the word of the LORD came to Jelu the dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, and gold, and vessels. 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, 16 And there was war between Asa and and made thee prince over my people Israel, and Baasha king of Israel all their days. thou hast waiked in the way of Jeroboam, and 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suf-me to anger with their sins; fer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baa18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that sha, and the posterity of his house; and will were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the and the treasures of the king's house, and deliv-son of Nebat. ered them into the hand of his servants: and 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that shall the fowls of the air eat. dwelt at Damascus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad bearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-bethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramalı, and dwelt in Tirzah. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation through- Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign out all Judah; none was exempted and they over Israel in Tirzah, two years. took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and'chariots, conspired against him, as he was in |