1 Kings 15:13-33

1 Kings 15:13-33

[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's  heart  was perfect  all his days.  [15] And he brought  which his father  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's  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 dwelt  at Damascus,  saying,  [19] There is a league  between me and thee, and between my father  behold, I have sent  unto thee a present  of silver  and gold;  and break  thy league  with Baasha  king  of Israel,  that he may depart  from me. [20] So Benhadad  hearkened  unto 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 dwelt  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, wherewith Baasha  had builded;  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,  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.  [28] Even in the third  year  of Asa  king  of Judah  did Baasha  slay  him, and reigned  [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  Ahijah  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 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.