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1 Kings 15:1-24 — Abijah and Asa Kings of Judah

1Kgs.15.1-24

¹In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. ²He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. ³He walked in all the sins that his father had committed before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. ⁴Yet for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, raising up his son after him and maintaining Jerusalem. ⁵because David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. ⁶And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. ⁷As for 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. ⁸Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David, and Asa his son became king in his place. ⁹In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. ¹⁰He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. ¹¹Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done. ¹²He removed the male shrine prostitutes from the land and took away all the idols that his fathers had made. ¹³He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it in the Kidron Valley. ¹⁴But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa's heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days. ¹⁵He brought into the house of the LORD the things his father had dedicated and the things he himself had dedicated—silver, gold, and vessels. ¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ¹⁷Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, so as to permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, and put them into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, ¹⁹“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he may withdraw from me.” ²⁰Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel. He struck Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinneroth, and all the land of Naphtali. ²¹When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and remained in Tirzah. ²²Then King Asa summoned all Judah; no one was exempt. And they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built, and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. ²³Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Yet in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet. ²⁴Asa 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 place.

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4/11/2026

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