1And in year eighteen of King Yorbaam, son of Nebat, Abiah reigned over Yehuda three years in Jerusalem. 2And the name of his mother was Maaka, daughter of Abedshalum. 3And he walked in all the sins of his father that he did before him, and his heart was not perfect with LORD JEHOVAH his God, as was the heart of David his father. 4And because of David his father, LORD JEHOVAH God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to confirm his son after him, and he would establish him in Jerusalem. 5Because David did what is beautiful before LORD JEHOVAH his God, and he did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Khethite. 6And there was battle between Abiah, son of Rekhabaam, and Yorbaam all the days of their lives.

7And the remainder of the words of Abiah and everything that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Yehuda.

8And Abia fell asleep with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned after him.

9And in year twenty of Yorbaam King of Israel, Asa King of Yehuda reigned. 10And he reigned forty and one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Maaka daughter of Abedshalum. 11And Asa did what is beautiful before LORD JEHOVAH, as David his father. 12And he removed fornicators from the land, and he removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13Also he removed Maaka his mother from Majesty, because she had made a feast for her idol, and Asa cut it off with her idolatry and burned it in the valley of Qedrown. 14And he did not remove the high places, however the heart of Asa was perfect with LORD JEHOVAH his God all his days. 15And he brought the holy things of his fathers and his holy things to the house of LORD JEHOVAH, silver and gold and garments.

16And there was battle between Asa and the house of Baasha, King of Israel, all their days. 17Then Baasha King of Israel went up against Yehuda, and he built Ramtha, and did not allow any to go out or come into Asa, King of Yehuda. 18And Asa took all silver and gold that was left in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, and in the treasury of the house of the King, and he gave it into the hand of his Servants, and Asa King of Yehuda sent them to BarHadad, son of Tabar, Amun, son of Khezyun, King of Edom, who dwelt in Darmsuq saying: 19“A covenant is between me and you and between my father and your father; behold I have sent you a bribe, silver and gold; go abolish your covenant with Baasha, King of Israel, and he will move out from me.” 20And BarHadad heard from Asa and he sent the General of his army to the cities of Israel, and attacked with the sword Aion and Dan and Abel, Bayth Maaka, and all these cities that are in all the land of Naphtali. 21And when Baasha heard, he stopped from building Ramtha, and he dwelt in Terzah. 22And King Asa made it heard to all Yehuda, and there was none who was exempted, and they picked up the stones of Ramtha and the wood with which Baasha built, and with them King Asa built Gebah of Benyamin and Metspaya.

23And the rest of the accounts of Asa, and all his mighty acts, and everything that he did, and the cities that he built, behold, they are written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Yehuda. And at the time of Asa’s old age, he was diseased from his feet. 24And Asa fell asleep with his fathers, and he was buried with his parents in the city of David his father, and Yushaphat his son reigned after him.

25And Nadab, son of Yorbaam, reigned over Israel in year two of Asa, King of Yehuda, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26And he did evil before LORD JEHOVAH, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sins that Israel sinned. 27And Baasha, son of Akhiah, from the house of Issakar, rebelled against him and killed him in Gath of the Philistines, and Nadab and all Israel surrounded Gath.

28And Baasha killed him in the year three of Asa, King of Yehuda, and he reigned after him. 29And when he reigned he struck all the house of Yorbaam, and he left no one breathing in the house of Yorbaam until he destroyed him, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH that he spoke by the agency of his Servant Akhiah, the Prophet, the Shilonite. 30Because of Yorbaam, son of Nebat, and because of his sins that he sinned and made Israel to sin, LORD JEHOVAH, God of Israel, was angry with great anger.

31And the rest of the accounts of Nadab, and everything that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

32And there was war between Baasha and Asa King of Yehuda all their days.

33And in year three of Asa, King of Yehuda, Baasha, son of Akhiah reigned over all Israel in Terzah twenty and four years. 34And he did evil before LORD JEHOVAH, and walked in the ways of Yorbaam, son of Nebat, and in his sins by which he caused Israel to sin.