1 Ora, no décimo oitavo ano do rei Jeroboão, o filho de Nebate, reinou Abias sobre Judá.2 Três anos reinou ele em Jerusalém. E o nome da sua mãe era Maaca, a filha de Absalão.3 E ele caminhou em todos os pecados do seu pai, os quais ele havia cometido antes dele; e o seu coração não foi perfeito diante do SENHOR, seu Deus, como o coração de Davi, o seu pai.4 Todavia, por causa de Davi, o SENHOR seu Deus deu-lhe uma lâmpada em Jerusalém, para levantar o seu filho depois dele, e estabelecer Jerusalém;5 porque Davi fez aquilo que era reto aos olhos do SENHOR, e não se desviou de nenhuma coisa que ele lhe ordenou todos os dias da sua vida, salvo somente na questão de Urias, o heteu.6 E houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão durante todos os dias da sua vida.7 Ora, o restante dos atos de Abias, e tudo o que ele fez, não estão escritos no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá? E houve guerra entre Abias e Jeroboão.8 E Abias dormiu com os seus pais; e eles o sepultaram na cidade de Davi; e Asa, o seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.9 E no vigésimo ano de Jeroboão, rei de Israel, reinou Asa sobre Judá.10 E quarenta e um anos reinou ele em Jerusalém. E o nome da sua mãe era Maaca, a filha de Absalão.11 E Asa fez aquilo que era reto aos olhos do SENHOR, como fez Davi, o seu pai.12 E ele retirou os sodomitas da terra, e removeu todos os ídolos que os seus pais haviam feito.13 E também Maaca, a sua mãe, ele removeu da posição de rainha, porque ela havia feito um ídolo em um bosque; e Asa destruiu o seu ídolo, e o queimou junto ao ribeiro de Cedrom.14 Os lugares altos, porém, não foram removidos; no entanto, o coração de Asa foi perfeito diante do SENHOR todos os seus dias.15 E ele trouxe para dentro as coisas que o seu pai havia consagrado, e as coisas que ele mesmo havia consagrado, para a casa do SENHOR; prata, e ouro e vasos.16 E houve guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel, todos os seus dias.17 E Baasa, rei de Israel, subiu contra Judá, e edificou Ramá, para que ele não deixasse que ninguém saísse ou entrasse junto a Asa, rei de Judá.18 Então, Asa tomou toda a prata e o ouro que foram deixados nos tesouros da casa do SENHOR, e os tesouros da casa do rei, e os entregou na mão dos seus servos; e o rei Asa os enviou para Ben-Hadade, o filho de Tabrimom, o filho de Heziom, rei da Síria, que habitava em Damasco, dizendo:19 Há um pacto entre mim e ti, e entre o meu pai e o teu pai; eis que tenho enviado a ti um presente de prata e ouro; vem e quebra o teu pacto com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que eles possam partir de mim.20 Assim, Ben-Hadade atentou ao rei Asa, e enviou os capitães dos exércitos os quais ele tinha contra as cidades de Israel, e feriu Ijom, e Dã, e Abel-Bete-Maaca, e toda a Quinerete, com toda a terra de Naftali.21 E sucedeu, quando Baasa ouviu isto, que ele abandonou a construção de Ramá, e habitou em Tirza.22 Então o rei Asa fez uma proclamação por todo o Judá; ninguém estava isento; e eles removeram as pedras de Ramá, e a sua madeira, com a qual Baasa havia edificado; e o rei Asa construiu com elas Geba de Benjamim, e Mispá.23 O restante dos atos de Asa, e todo o seu poder, e tudo o que ele fez, e as cidades que edificou, não estão escritos no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá? Todavia, no tempo da sua idade avançada ele ficou enfermo dos seus pés.24 E Asa dormiu com os seus pais, e foi sepultado com os seus pais na cidade de Davi, o seu pai; e Josafá, o seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.25 E Nadabe, o filho de Jeroboão, começou a reinar sobre Israel no segundo ano de Asa, rei de Judá, e reinou sobre Israel dois anos.26 E ele fez o mal à vista do SENHOR, e andou no caminho do seu pai, e no seu pecado com o qual fez Israel pecar.27 E Baasa, o filho de Aías, da casa de Issacar, conspirou contra ele; e Baasa o feriu em Gibetom, a qual pertencia aos filisteus; porque Nadabe e todo o Israel lançaram cerco a Gibetom.28 Bem no terceiro ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Baasa o matou, e reinou em seu lugar.29 E sucedeu, quando ele reinava, que feriu toda a casa de Jeroboão; ele não deixou a Jeroboão nada que respirasse, até que lhe destruísse, segundo o dizer do SENHOR, o qual ele falou pelo seu servo Aías, o silonita.30 Por causa dos pecados de Jeroboão, os quais ele pecou, e nos quais fez Israel pecar, pela sua provocação com a qual ele provocou o SENHOR Deus de Israel à ira.31 Ora, o restante dos atos de Nadabe, e tudo o que ele fez, não estão escritos 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 terceiro ano de Asa, rei de Judá, Baasa, o filho de Aías começou a reinar sobre todo o Israel em Tirza, vinte e quatro anos.34 E ele fez o mal à vista do SENHOR, e andou no caminho de Jeroboão, e no seu pecado com o qual fez Israel pecar.

1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not perfect toward Jehovah his God, as was the heart of his father David.4 Nevertheless for David’s sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him to establish Jerusalem;5 because David had done what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and had not turned aside from anything that He had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.6 And 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 rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.10 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did his father David.12 And he took away the male temple prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.13 Also he removed Maachah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrible thing in a grove. And Asa cut down her horrible thing and burned it by the Brook Kidron.14 But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect toward Jehovah all his days.15 He also brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had set apart, and the things which he himself had set apart: silver and gold and utensils.16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.17 And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let no one go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah and the treasuries 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 Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,19 Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.20 So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel. And he struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinnereth, with all the land of Naphtali.21 Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.22 Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; no one was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, 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 So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.25 Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam had become king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.26 And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel was laying siege to Gibbethon.28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.29 And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,30 because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked Jehovah the 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, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.34 He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.