1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam 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 LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD 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 LORD, 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 Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now 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. 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 Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 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 with the LORD all his days. 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself 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 Ben-hadad, 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 and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad 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 Abel-beth-maachah, 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, and walked 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 in his stead. 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. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 尼八的儿子耶罗波安王第十八年， 亚比央登基作犹大王。
2 他在耶路撒冷作王三年， 他的母亲名叫玛迦， 是押沙龙的女儿。
3 亚比央行他父亲在他以前所行的一切罪恶。他的心不完完全全归向耶和华他的 神， 像他先祖大卫的心一样。
4 然而， 耶和华他的 神却因大卫的缘故， 使他在耶路撒冷仍然有灯光， 兴起他的儿子接续他作王， 并且坚立耶路撒冷。
5 因为除了赫人乌利亚那事以外， 大卫都行耶和华看为正的事， 一生之中从来没有偏离耶和华所吩咐他的一切。
6 亚比央一生的日子中， 罗波安与耶罗波安之间常有战争。
7 亚比央其余的事迹和他所行的一切， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？亚比央与耶罗波安之间常有战争。
8 亚比央与他的列祖同睡， 人们把他埋葬在大卫城里， 他的儿子亚撒继承他作王。
9 以色列王耶罗波安第二十年， 亚撒登基作犹大王。
10 他在耶路撒冷作王四十一年。他的祖母名叫玛迦， 是押沙龙的女儿。
11 亚撒行耶和华看为正的事， 像他祖大卫一样。
12 他从国中除去庙妓， 又除掉他列祖所做的一切偶像。
13 并且废除他祖母玛迦太后的后位， 因为她为亚舍拉做了可怕的偶像。亚撒把她那可怕的偶像砍下来， 在汲沦溪旁烧掉。
14 只是邱坛还没有废去； 不过亚撒一生都完完全全归向耶和华。
15 亚撒把他父亲所分别为圣和他自己所分别为圣的金银和器皿， 都带到耶和华的殿里。
16 亚撒与以色列王巴沙在世的日子， 双方常有战争。
17 以色列王巴沙上来攻击犹大， 修筑拉玛， 不准人进出到犹大王亚撒那里。
18 于是亚撒把耶和华殿和王宫的府库里所剩下的金银， 都交在他臣仆的手中。亚撒王差派他们到大马士革的亚兰王， 希旬的孙子、他伯利们的儿子便．哈达那里去， 说：
19 "你父与我父之间曾经立过约， 我也要与你立约。现在我把金银送给你作礼物， 请你去废除与以色列王巴沙所立的约， 好使他离开我。"
20 便．哈达听从亚撒王的话， 派遣他的众军长去攻击以色列的各城。他们攻破了以云、但、亚伯．伯．玛迦、基尼烈全境和拿弗他利全地。
21 巴沙听见了， 就停止修筑拉玛， 仍然留在得撒。
22 于是亚撒王通告犹大众人， 没有一个人例外。他们就把巴沙修筑拉玛所用的石头和木料运走； 亚撒王用那些材料来修筑便雅悯的迦巴和米斯巴。
23 亚撒其余的一切事迹， 他的英勇事迹， 他所行的一切和他所建造的众城， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？可是他年老的时候， 脚上却患了病。
24 亚撒与他的列祖同睡， 与他的列祖一同埋葬在他祖大卫的城里， 他的儿子约沙法接续他作王。
25 犹大王亚撒第二年， 耶罗波安的儿子拿答登基作以色列王； 他作以色列王共二年。
26 拿答行耶和华看为恶的事， 跟随他父亲的路， 犯他父亲使以色列人陷在罪中的那罪。
27 以萨迦家族亚希雅的儿子巴沙密谋背叛拿答。拿答和以色列众人正在围攻非利士地的基比顿的时候， 巴沙在基比顿把拿答杀了。
28 犹大王亚撒第三年， 巴沙杀死了拿答接续他作王。
29 巴沙一作王， 就击杀了耶罗波安的全家。凡有气息的， 他都没有留下一个， 直到灭尽了， 正如耶和华借着他的仆人示罗人亚希雅所说的话一样。
30 这是因为耶罗波安所犯的罪， 和他使以色列人陷在罪中的那罪， 又因为他惹动耶和华以色列的 神的怒气。
31 拿答其余的事迹和他所行的一切， 不是都记在以色列诸王的年代志上吗？
32 亚撒与以色列王巴沙在世的日子， 双方常常有争战。
33 犹大王亚撒第三年， 亚希雅的儿子巴沙在得撒登基作以色列的王， 共二十四年。
34 他行耶和华看为恶的事， 行耶罗波安的路， 犯了耶罗波安使以色列人陷在罪中的那罪。