15 In the 18th year of King Yer·o·boʹam the son of Neʹbat, A·biʹjam became king over Yudah. 2 He reigned for three years in Yerushalom. His mother’s name was Maʹa·cah the granddaughter of A·bishʹa·lom. 3 He went on walking in all the sins that his father committed prior to him, and his heart was not complete with yAhvah his Ahl like the heart of David his forefather. 4 However, on account of David, yAhvah his Ahl gave him a lamp in Yerushalom by raising up his son after him and keeping Yerushalom in existence. 5 For David did what was right in the eyes of yAhvah, and he did not turn aside from anything that He had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of U·ryʹah the Hitʹtite. 6 And there was warfare between Re·ho·boʹam and Yer·o·boʹam all the days of his life.
7 As for the rest of the history of A·biʹjam, all that he did, is it not written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Yudah? There was also war between A·biʹjam and Yer·o·boʹam. 8 Then A·biʹjam was laid to rest with his forefathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and his son Aʹsa became king in his place.
9 In the 20th year of King Yer·o·boʹam of yIsra'Al, Aʹsa began to reign over Yudah. 10 He reigned in Yerushalom for 41 years. His grandmother’s name was Maʹa·cah the granddaughter of A·bishʹa·lom. 11 Aʹsa did what was right in the eyes of yAhvah, like David his forefather. 12 He expelled the male temple prostitutes from the land and removed all the disgusting idols that his forefathers had made. 13 He even removed Maʹa·cah his grandmother from her position as queen mother, because she had made an obscene idol for the worship of the sacred pole. Aʹsa cut down her obscene idol and burned it in the Kidʹron Valley. 14 But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless, Aʹsa’s heart was complete with yAhvah all his life. 15 And he brought the things that he and his father had made holy into the house of yAhvah—silver, gold, and various utensils.
16 There was constant warfare between Aʹsa and Baʹa·sha the king of yIsra'Al. 17 So King Baʹa·sha of yIsra'Al came up against Yudah and began to build up Raʹmah to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to King Aʹsa of Yudah. 18 At that Aʹsa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of yAhvah and the treasuries of the house of the king and handed them over to his servants. King Aʹsa then sent them to Ben-haʹdad the son of Tab·rimʹmon the son of Heʹzi·on, the king of Syria, who was dwelling in Damascus, saying: 19 “There is a treaty between me and you and between my father and your father. I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Come, break your treaty with King Baʹa·sha of yIsra'Al, so that he will withdraw from me.” 20 Ben-haʹdad listened to King Aʹsa and sent the chiefs of his armies against the cities of yIsra'Al, and they struck down Iʹjon, Dan, Aʹbel-beth-maʹa·cah, all Chinʹne·reth, and all the land of Naphʹta·li. 21 When Baʹa·sha heard of it, he immediately quit building Raʹmah and continued dwelling in Tirʹzah. 22 King Aʹsa then summoned all Yudah—no one was exempt—and they carried off the stones and timbers of Raʹmah that Baʹa·sha had been building with, and with them King Aʹsa built up Geʹba in Benjamin, and Mizʹpah.
23 As for all the rest of the history of Aʹsa, all his mightiness and all that he did and the cities that he built, is it not written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Yudah? But in his old age he suffered from a disease in his feet. 24 Then Aʹsa was laid to rest with his forefathers and was buried with them in the City of David his forefather; and his son Ye·hoshʹa·phat became king in his place.
25 Naʹdab the son of Yer·o·boʹam became king over yIsra'Al in the second year of King Aʹsa of Yudah, and he reigned over yIsra'Al for two years. 26 He kept doing what was bad in the eyes of yAhvah and walked in the way of his father and in his sin that he caused yIsra'Al to commit. 27 Baʹa·sha the son of A·hiʹyah of the house of Isʹsa·char conspired against him, and Baʹa·sha struck him down at Gibʹbe·thon, which belonged to the Phi·lisʹtines, while Naʹdab and all yIsra'Al were besieging Gibʹbe·thon. 28 So Baʹa·sha put him to death in the third year of King Aʹsa of Yudah and became king in his place. 29 And as soon as he became king, he struck down all the house of Yer·o·boʹam. He did not let remain anyone breathing who belonged to Yer·o·boʹam; he had them annihilated according to yAhvah’s word that he had spoken through his servant A·hiʹyah the Shiʹlo·nite. 30 This was because of the sins that Yer·o·boʹam had committed and had caused yIsra'Al to commit and because he had greatly offended yAhvah the Ahl of yIsra'Al. 31 As for the rest of the history of Naʹdab, all that he did, is it not written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of yIsra'Al? 32 And there was constant warfare between Aʹsa and King Baʹa·sha of yIsra'Al.
33 In the third year of King Aʹsa of Yudah, Baʹa·sha the son of A·hiʹyah became king in Tirʹzah over all yIsra'Al and reigned for 24 years. 34 But he kept doing what was bad in the eyes of yAhvah, and he walked in the way of Yer·o·boʹam and in his sin that he caused yIsra'Al to commit.