I. Kines XTV. 25.

25 And it came_to_pass in the fifth xyear of xking Rehoboam, that Shishak king_of Egypt came_up against Jeru- salem :
26 And he took_away «the_treasures_ of the_house_of J the Lorn, and +the_ treasures_of the king’s house; he even took_away ~all: and he took_away the_shields_of xgold which Solomon had_made.
27 And xking Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and -com- mitted them unto the_hands_of the_ chief_of the + =guard, x+which kept the_ edoor_of the king’s house.
23 And it was so, when the king went_ into the_house_of ’the Lorp, that the r=guard bare them, and -brought_ ner Nate into the =guard licham-
er.
29 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Re- hoboam, and all that he did, are thep not written in the_book_of the chron-
* icles_of the_kings_of Judah?
30 And there was war between Reho- boam and Jeroboam all their xdays.
31 And Kehoboam Jslept with his fa- thers, and was_buried with his fathers in the_city_of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an xAmmonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his
stead. 1 NOW in the_eighteenth year of 5 xking Jeroboam the_son_of Ne- bat reigned « Abiiam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
.| And 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 : and his heart was not perfect with / the Lorp his =God, as the_heart_of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did J the Lorn 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 Lorn, 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 Reho- Lae and Jeroboam all the_days_of his
ife.
7 Now the-_rest_of the_acts_of Abi- jam, and all that he did, are thep 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 Jero- boam king_of Israél reigned « Asa over Judah.
10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his g mother’s name was Maachah, the_daughter_of ab Abishalom,
11 And Asa did that which was xright in the_eyes_of J the Lorp, as did David
his father,
out_of the land, and remoyed «all the didols that his fathers had_made.
13 And also -Maachah his ¢ mother, even her he removed from bei because she had_made an hidol in a and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high:places were not re- moved: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with 4 the Lorp all his days.
16 And he brought_in cthe thi which his father had_dedicated, and the things_which _ himself_had _ dedicated, into the_house_of ‘the Lorp, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king_of Israél all their days.
17 And Baasha king_of Israél 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 call the silver and the gold that were ~+left in the_trea- sures_of the_house_of ! the Lorp, and -the_treasures_of the king’s house, and delivered them into the_hand_of his
to Ben-hadad, the_son_of Tabrimon, the_son_of Hezion, king_of Syria, x-that, dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19“ There is a¢ league between me and thee, and between my father and thy
father: behold, I -have.sent unto thee a present_of silver and gold; -come and ‘break thy c-league with Baasha king_ of Israél, that he may_depart from me.”
20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto xking Asa, and sent -the_captains_of the / hosts which he had against the_ cities_of Israél, and smote Ijon, and “Dan, and «Abel-beth-maachah, and call 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.
2 Then king Asa made_a_proclama- tion_throughout «all Judah ; none was exempted: and they took_away -the_
‘thereof, wherewith Baasha had_build- ed; and xking 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 thep
icles_of the_kings_of Judah? Never-
theless in the_time_of his old_age he was_diseased in his «feet.
24 And Asa / alee with his fathers, and was_buried with his fathers in the_
phat his son reigned in his stead.
2 And »Nadab the_son_of Jeroboam began_to_reign over Israél inthe second year of Asa king_of Judah, and reigned over Israél two_years.
Jthe Lorp, and walked in the_way_of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made -Israél to_sin.
27 And >Baasha the_son_of Ahijah B
city_of David his father: and Jehosha- :
of the_house_of Issachar, conspi
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12 And he took_away the ™sodomites| B.C.
ueen, | “ft
xgrove; and Asa destroyed her /idol,| thi
servants: and xking Asa sent them) 16.25.
stones_of xRamah, and ~the_timber |"¢ jo,
not written in the_book_of the chron-| 1 ™
ADAB'S_ REIGN OVEE ISRAEL,
26 And he did xevil in the_sight_of) ‘Ww;
| B.C. 954.
g. Gibbeth- on, Lofty- place.
| JUDGMENT
AcTS OF NADAB.
BAASHA'S REIGN OVER ISRAEL, 953,
JEHOVAH'S Worp AGAINST BAASHA. | about 930, | h. Hanani, Graciously- iven_of ehovah,
| ACTS | OF BAASHA. 1 Be Chr. 16.
DEATH OF BAASHA, 930.
7.¥.1. ch. 15, 27-29,
| I. Kines XV. 28.
against him; and Baasha smote him at 7Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid_siege to y Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king_ of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
2 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_de- stroyed him, according_unto the_say- ing_of Jthe Lorp, which He spake by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
30 Because of the_sins_of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made -Israél sin, by his provocation where- with he provoked !-the Lorp =God_of Israél to_anger.
31 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not writ- ten in the_book_of the chronicles_of the_kings_of Israél?
82 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king_of Israél all their
days.
3 In the_third year_of Asa king_of Judah began Baasha the_son_of Ahijah to_reign over all Israél in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did xevil in the_sight_of Jthe Lorp, and walked in the_way_of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he
made ~Israél to_sin.
THEN the-word_of Jthe Lorp 1 came to Jehu the_son_of Ha- nani against Baasha, saying,
2 “Worasmuch as I exalted thee out_ of the dust, and made thee prince over My people Israél ; and thou hast_walk- ed in the_way_of Jeroboam, and hast_ made My -people Israel] to_sin, to pro- yvoke_Me_to_anger with their sins ;
8 Behold, I +will_take away the_pos- terity_of Baasha, and the_posterity_of his house; and -will_make thy “house like the_house_of Jeroboam the_son_ of Nebat.
4Him that_dieth_of Baasha inthe city shall the dogs eat; and him that_dieth of his in the fields shall the_fowls_of the air eat.” '
5 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are thep' not written in the_hook_of the chronicles_of the_kings_of Israél ?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was_buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
7 And also by the_hand_of the pro- phet Jehu the_son_of Hananicame the_ word_of Jihe Lorp against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the_sight_of ‘the Lorp, in provoking_Him_to_anger with the_work_of his hands, in being like the_house_of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
8 In the_twenty and sixth year_of Asa king_of Judah began ¢ Elah the_son_of
ik,|Baasha to_reign over Israél in ¢ Tir-
zah, two_years.
9 And his servant Zimri, captain_of half his xchariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking_