1 E, no décimo oitavo ano do rei Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, Abias começou a reinar sobre Judá. 2 E três anos reinou em Jerusalém; e era o nome de sua mãe Maaca, filha de Absalão. 3 E andou em todos os pecados que seu pai tinha 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 lhe deu uma lâmpada em Jerusalém, levantando seu filho depois dele e confirmando Jerusalém. 5 Porquanto Davi tinha feito o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor e não se tinha desviado de tudo o que lhe ordenara em todos os dias da sua vida, senão só no caso de Urias, o heteu. 6 E houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão todos os dias da sua vida. 7 Quanto ao mais dos atos de Abias, e a tudo quanto fez, porventura, não está tudo escrito no Livro das Crônicas dos Reis de Judá? Também houve guerra entre Abias e Jeroboão. 8 E Abias dormiu com seus pais, e o sepultaram na Cidade de Davi; e Asa, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

9 E, no vigésimo ano de Jeroboão, rei de Israel, começou Asa a reinar em Judá 10 e quarenta e um anos reinou em Jerusalém; e era o nome de sua mãe Maaca, filha de Absalão. 11 E Asa fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, como Davi, seu pai, 12 porque tirou da terra os rapazes escandalosos, e tirou todos os ídolos que seus pais fizeram, 13 e até a Maaca, sua mãe, removeu para que não fosse rainha, porquanto tinha feito um horrível ídolo a Aserá; também Asa desfez o seu ídolo horrível e o queimou junto ao ribeiro de Cedrom. 14 Os altos, porém, se não tiraram; todavia, foi o coração de Asa reto para com o Senhor todos os seus dias. 15 E à Casa do Senhor trouxe as coisas consagradas de seu pai e as coisas que ele mesmo consagrara: prata, e ouro, e utensílios.

16 E 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, nem entrar junto a Asa, rei de Judá. 18 Então, Asa tomou toda a prata e ouro que ficara nos tesouros da Casa do Senhor e os tesouros da casa do rei, e os entregou nas mãos de seus servos, e os enviou a Ben-Hadade, filho de Tabrimom, filho de Heziom, rei da Síria, que habitava em Damasco, dizendo: 19 Aliança há entre mim e ti, entre meu pai e teu pai; vês aqui que te mando um presente, prata e ouro; vai e anula a tua aliança com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que se retire de sobre mim. 20 E Ben-Hadade deu ouvidos ao rei Asa, e enviou os capitães dos exércitos que tinha contra as cidades de Israel, e feriu a Ijom, e a Dã, e a Abel-Bete-Maaca, e a toda a Quinerete, com toda a terra de Naftali. 21 E sucedeu que, ouvindo-o Baasa, deixou de edificar a Ramá e ficou em Tirza. 22 Então, o rei Asa fez apregoar por toda a Judá que todos, sem exceção, trouxessem as pedras de Ramá e a sua madeira com que Baasa edificara; e com elas edificou o rei Asa a Geba de Benjamim e a Mispa. 23 Quanto ao mais de todos os atos de Asa, e a todo o seu poder, e a tudo quanto fez, e às cidades que edificou, porventura, não está tudo escrito no Livro das Crônicas dos Reis de Judá? Porém, no tempo da sua velhice, padeceu dos pés. 24 E Asa dormiu com seus pais e foi sepultado com seus pais na Cidade de Davi, seu pai; e Josafá, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

25 E Nadabe, filho de Jeroboão, começou a reinar sobre Israel no ano segundo de Asa, rei de Judá; e reinou sobre Israel dois anos. 26 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor e andou nos caminhos de seu pai e no seu pecado com que tinha feito pecar a Israel.

27 E conspirou contra ele Baasa, filho de Aías, da casa de Issacar, e feriu-o Baasa em Gibetom, que era dos filisteus, quando Nadabe e todo o Israel cercavam a Gibetom. 28 E matou-o Baasa no ano terceiro de Asa, rei de Judá, e reinou em seu lugar. 29 E sucedeu, pois, que, reinando ele, feriu a toda a casa de Jeroboão; nada de Jeroboão deixou que tivesse fôlego, até o destruir, conforme a palavra do Senhor que dissera pelo ministério de seu servo Aías, o silonita, 30 por causa dos pecados de Jeroboão, o qual pecou e fez pecar a Israel, e por causa da provocação com que provocara ao Senhor, Deus de Israel. 31 Quanto ao mais dos atos de Nadabe e a tudo quanto fez, porventura, não está tudo escrito no Livro das Crônicas dos Reis de Israel? 32 E 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 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor e andou no caminho de Jeroboão e no seu pecado com que tinha feito pecar a Israel.

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jerobo’am the son of Nebat became Abiyam king over Judah.

2 Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Ma’achah, 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 entire with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless for the sake of David did the Lord his God give him a rule in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to allow Jerusalem to exist.

5 Because David did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from all that he had commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.

6 And there had been war between Rehobo’am and Jerobo’am all the days of his life.

7 And the rest of the acts of Abiyam, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was also war between Abiyam and Jerobo’am.

8 And Abiyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead.

9 And in the twentieth year of Jerobo’am the king of Israel became Assa king over Judah.

10 And forty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Ma’achah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11 And Assa did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.

12 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

13 And also Ma’achah his mother, even her he removed from being queen; because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

14 But the high–places were not removed; nevertheless Assa’s heart was entire with the Lord all his days.

15 And he brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.

16 And there was war between Assa and Ba’sha the king of Israel all their days.

17 And Ba’sha the king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah.

18 Then did Assa take 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 gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Assa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Chesyon, the king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

19 A covenant is between me and thee, as between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go and do break thy covenant with Ba’sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.

20 And Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote ‘Iyon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–ma’achah, and the whole of Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

21 And it came to pass, when Ba’sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

22 Then king Assa called together by proclamation all Judah, none being exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba’sha had built; and king Assa built with them Geba’ of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

23 And the rest of all the acts of Assa, and all his mighty deeds, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. Nevertheless in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet.

24 And Assa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead.

25 And Nadab the son of Jerobo’am became king over Israel in the second year of Assa the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.

27 And Ba’sha the son of Achiyah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Ba’sha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines: while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

28 And Ba’sha slew him in the third year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.

29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jerobo’am; he left not any that breathed unto Jerobo’am, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by his servant Achiyah the Shilonite;

30 Because of the sins of Jerobo’am which he had sinned, and through which he had induced Israel to sin, by his provoking wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel to anger.

31 And the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

32 And there was war between Assa and Ba’sha the king of Israel all their days.

33 In the third year of Assa the king of Judah became Ba’sha the son of Achiyah king over all Israel, in Thirzah, for twenty and four years.

34 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jerobo’am, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.