1 وفي السنة الثامنة عشر للملك يربعام بن نباط ملك ابيام على يهوذا.2 ملك ثلاث سنين في اورشليم. واسم امه معكة ابنة ابشالوم.3 وسار في جميع خطايا ابيه التي عملها قبله ولم يكن قلبه كاملا مع الرب الهه كقلب داود ابيه.4 ولكن لاجل داود اعطاه الرب الهه سراجا في اورشليم اذ اقام ابنه بعده وثبت اورشليم.5 لان داود عمل ما هو مستقيم في عيني الرب ولم يحد عن شيء مما اوصاه به كل ايام حياته الا في قضية اوريا الحثّي.6 وكانت حرب بين رحبعام ويربعام كل ايام حياته.7 وبقية امور ابيام وكل ما عمل أما هي مكتوبة في سفر اخبار الايام لملوك يهوذا. وكانت حرب بين ابيام ويربعام.8 ثم اضطجع ابيام مع آبائه فدفنوه في مدينة داود وملك آسا ابنه عوضا عنه9 وفي السنة العشرين ليربعام ملك اسرائيل ملك آسا على يهوذا.10 ملك احدى واربعين سنة في اورشليم. واسم امه معكة ابنة ابشالوم.11 وعمل آسا ما هو مستقيم في عيني الرب كداود ابيه.12 وازال المأبونين من الارض ونزع جميع الاصنام التي عملها آباؤه.13 حتى ان معكة امه خلعها من ان تكون ملكة لانها عملت تمثالا لسارية وقطع آسا تمثالها واحرقه في وادي قدرون.14 واما المرتفعات فلم تنزع الا ان قلب آسا كان كاملا مع الرب كل ايامه.15 وادخل اقداس ابيه واقداسه الى بيت الرب من الفضة والذهب والآنية.16 وكانت حرب بين آسا وبعشا ملك اسرائيل كل ايامهما.17 وصعد بعشا ملك اسرائيل على يهوذا وبنى الرامة لكي لا يدع احد يخرج او يدخل الى آسا ملك يهوذا.18 واخذ آسا جميع الفضة والذهب الباقية في خزائن بيت الرب وخزائن بيت الملك ودفعها ليد عبيده وارسلهم الملك آسا الى بنهدد بن طبريمون بن حزيون ملك ارام الساكن في دمشق قائلا19 ان بيني وبينك وبين ابي وابيك عهدا. هوذا قد ارسلت لك هدية من فضة وذهب فتعال انقض عهدك مع بعشا ملك اسرائيل فيصعد عني.20 فسمع بنهدد للملك آسا وارسل رؤساء الجيوش التي له على مدن اسرائيل وضرب عيون ودان وآبل بيت معكة وكل كنّروت مع كل ارض نفتالي.21 ولما سمع بعشا كف عن بناء الرامة واقام في ترصة.22 فاستدعى الملك آسا كل يهوذا. لم يكن بريء. فحملوا كل حجارة الرامة واخشابها التي بناها بعشا وبنى بها الملك آسا جبع بنيامين والمصفاة.23 وبقية كل امور آسا وكل جبروته وكل ما فعل والمدن التي بناها أما هي مكتوبة في سفر اخبار الايام لملوك يهوذا. غير انه في زمان شيخوخته مرض في رجليه.24 ثم اضطجع آسا مع آبائه ودفن مع آبائه في مدينة داود ابيه وملك يهوشافاط ابنه عوضا عنه25 وملك ناداب بن يربعام على اسرائيل في السنة الثانية لآسا ملك يهوذا فملك على اسرائيل سنتين.26 وعمل الشر في عيني الرب وسار في طريق ابيه وفي خطيته التي جعل بها اسرائيل يخطئ.27 وفتن عليه بعشا بن اخيا من بيت يساكر وضربه بعشا في جبثون التي للفلسطينيين وكان ناداب وكل اسرائيل محاصرين جبثون.28 واماته بعشا في السنة الثالثة لآسا ملك يهوذا وملك عوضا عنه.29 ولما ملك ضرب كل بيت يربعام. لم يبق نسمة ليربعام حتى افناهم حسب كلام الرب الذي تكلم به عن يد عبده اخيا الشيلوني.30 لاجل خطايا يربعام التي اخطأها والتي جعل بها اسرائيل يخطئ باغاظته التي اغاظ بها الرب اله اسرائيل.31 وبقية أمور ناداب وكل ما عمل أما هي مكتوبة في سفر اخبار الايام لملوك اسرائيل.32 وكانت حرب بين آسا وبعشا ملك اسرائيل كل ايامهما33 في السنة الثالثة لآسا ملك يهوذا ملك بعشا بن اخيا على جميع اسرائيل في ترصة اربعا وعشرين سنة.34 وعمل الشر في عيني الرب وسار في طريق يربعام وفي خطيته التي جعل بها اسرائيل يخطئ

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother' name was Maachah, 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 perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.4 Nevertheless for David' 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 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother' 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.14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa' heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.17 And Baasha 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' house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelled at Damascus, saying,19 There is a league between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; come and break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.20 So Benhadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, 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 Ramah, and dwelled in Tirzah.22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.23 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? Nevertheless 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 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 with which 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.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 to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.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 Baasha king of Israel all their days.33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.