1 No décimo oitavo ano do rei Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, Abias começou a reinar sobre Judá. 2 Três anos reinou em Jerusalém. Era o nome de sua mãe Maaca, filha de Absalão. 3 Andou em todos os pecados que seu pai havia cometido antes dele; e seu coração não foi perfeito para com o Senhor, seu Deus, como o coração de Davi, seu pai. 4 Mas, por amor de Davi, o Senhor, seu Deus, lhe deu uma lâmpada em Jerusalém, levantando a seu filho depois dele e dando estabilidade a Jerusalém. 5 Porquanto Davi fez o que era reto perante o Senhor e não se desviou de tudo quanto lhe ordenara, em todos os dias da sua vida, senão no caso de Urias, o heteu. 6 Houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão todos os dias da sua vida. 7 Quanto aos mais atos de Abias e a tudo quanto fez, porventura, não estão escritos no Livro da História dos Reis de Judá? Também houve guerra entre Abias e Jeroboão. 8 Abias descansou com seus pais, e o sepultaram na Cidade de Davi; e Asa, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

9 No vigésimo ano de Jeroboão, rei de Israel, começou Asa a reinar sobre Judá. 10 Quarenta e um anos reinou em Jerusalém. Era o nome de sua mãe Maaca, filha de Absalão. 11 Asa fez o que era reto perante o Senhor, como Davi, seu pai. 12 Porque tirou da terra os prostitutos cultuais e removeu todos os ídolos que seus pais fizeram; 13 e até a Maaca, sua mãe, depôs da dignidade de rainha-mãe, porquanto ela havia feito ao poste-ídolo uma abominável imagem; pois Asa destruiu essa imagem e a queimou no vale de Cedrom; 14 os altos, porém, não foram tirados; todavia, o coração de Asa foi, todos os seus dias, totalmente do Senhor. 15 Trouxe à Casa do Senhor as coisas consagradas por seu pai e as coisas que ele mesmo consagrara: prata, ouro e objetos de utilidade.

16 Houve guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel, todos os seus dias. 17 Porque Baasa, rei de Israel, subiu contra Judá e edificou a Ramá, para que a ninguém fosse permitido sair de junto de Asa, rei de Judá, nem chegar a ele. 18 Então, Asa tomou toda a prata e ouro restantes nos tesouros da Casa do Senhor e os tesouros da casa do rei e os entregou nas mãos de seus servos; e o rei Asa os enviou a Ben-Hadade, filho de Tabrimom, filho de Heziom, rei da Síria, e que habitava em Damasco, dizendo: 19 Haja aliança entre mim e ti, como houve entre meu pai e teu pai. Eis que te mando um presente, prata e ouro; vai e anula a tua aliança com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que se retire de mim. 20 Ben-Hadade deu ouvidos ao rei Asa e enviou os capitães dos seus exércitos contra as cidades de Israel; e feriu a Ijom, a Dã, a Abel-Bete-Maaca e todo o distrito de Quinerete, com toda a terra de Naftali. 21 Ouvindo isso, Baasa deixou de edificar a Ramá e ficou em Tirza. 22 Então, o rei Asa fez apregoar por toda a região de Judá que todos, sem exceção, trouxessem as pedras de Ramá e a sua madeira, com que Baasa a edificara; com elas edificou o rei Asa a Geba de Benjamim e a Mispa. 23 Quanto aos mais atos de Asa, e a todo o seu poder, e a tudo quanto fez, e às cidades que edificou, porventura, não estão escritos no Livro da História dos Reis de Judá? Porém, no tempo da sua velhice, padeceu dos pés. 24 Descansou Asa com seus pais e com eles foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi, seu pai; e Josafá, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

25 Nadabe, filho de Jeroboão, começou a reinar sobre Israel no ano segundo de Asa, rei de Judá; e reinou sobre Israel dois anos. 26 Fez o que era mau perante o Senhor e andou nos caminhos de seu pai e no pecado com que seu pai fizera pecar a Israel.

27 Conspirou contra ele Baasa, filho de Aías, da casa de Issacar, e o feriu em Gibetom, que era dos filisteus, quando Nadabe e todo o Israel cercavam Gibetom. 28 Baasa, no ano terceiro de Asa, rei de Judá, matou a Nadabe e passou a reinar em seu lugar. 29 Logo que começou a reinar, matou toda a descendência de Jeroboão; não lhe deixou ninguém com vida, a todos exterminou, segundo a palavra do Senhor, por intermédio do seu servo Aías, o silonita, 30 por causa dos pecados que Jeroboão cometera e pelos que fizera Israel cometer, por causa da provocação com que irritara ao Senhor, Deus de Israel. 31 Quanto aos mais atos de Nadabe e a tudo quanto fez, porventura, não estão escritos no Livro da História dos Reis de Israel? 32 Houve guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel, todos os seus dias.

33 No ano terceiro de Asa, rei de Judá, Baasa, filho de Aías, começou a reinar sobre todo o Israel, em Tirza, e reinou vinte e quatro anos. 34 Fez o que era mau perante o Senhor e andou no caminho de Jeroboão e no seu pecado, o qual fizera Israel cometer.

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

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 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 And 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 began Asa to reign over Judah.

10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah 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 put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

13 And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

14 But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole with the LORD all his days.

15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had hallowed, and the things that himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.

16 And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.

17 And Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

18 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 Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying:

19 'There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father; behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me.'

20 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

21 And it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

23 Now 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 Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

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

25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 And he did that which was 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 Baasa the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasa smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasa slay him, and reigned in his stead.

29 And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, 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 spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel.

31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

32 And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasa the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years.

34 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.