1 No décimo oitavo ano do reinado de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, Abias tornou-se rei de Judá,
2 e reinou três anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Maaca, filha de Absalão.
3 Ele cometeu todos os pecados que o seu pai tinha cometido; seu coração não era inteiramente consagrado ao Senhor, ao seu Deus, quanto fora o coração de Davi, seu antepassado.
4 No entanto, por amor de Davi, o Senhor, o seu Deus, concedeu-lhe uma lâmpada em Jerusalém dando-lhe um filho como sucessor e fortalecendo Jerusalém.
5 Pois Davi fizera o que o Senhor aprova e não deixara de obedecer a nenhum dos mandamentos do Senhor durante todos os dias da sua vida, exceto no caso de Urias, o hitita.
6 E houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão durante toda a vida de Abias.
7 Os demais acontecimentos do reinado de Abias e todas as suas realizações estão escritos nos registros históricos dos reis de Judá. Também houve guerra entre Abias e Jeroboão.
8 E Abias descansou com os seus antepassados e foi sepultado na cidade de Davi. E o seu filho Asa foi o seu sucessor.
9 No vigésimo ano do reinado de Jeroboão, rei de Israel, Asa tornou-se rei de Judá,
10 e reinou quarenta e um anos em Jerusalém. O nome da sua avó era Maaca, filha de Absalão.
11 Asa fez o que o Senhor aprova, tal como Davi, seu predecessor.
12 Expulsou do país os prostitutos cultuais e se desfez de todos os ídolos que seu pai havia feito.
13 Chegou até a depor sua avó Maaca da posição de rainha-mãe, pois ela havia feito um poste sagrado repugnante. Asa derrubou o poste e o queimou no vale do Cedrom.
14 Embora os altares idólatras não tenham sido eliminados, o coração de Asa foi totalmente dedicado ao Senhor durante toda a sua vida.
15 Ele trouxe para o templo do Senhor a prata, o ouro e os utensílios que ele e seu pai haviam consagrado.
16 Houve guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel, durante todo o reinado deles.
17 Baasa, rei de Israel, invadiu Judá e fortificou Ramá, para que ninguém pudesse entrar nem sair do território de Asa, rei de Judá.
18 Então Asa ajuntou a prata e o ouro que haviam sobrado no tesouro do templo do Senhor e do seu próprio palácio. Confiou tudo isso a alguns dos seus oficiais e os enviou a Ben-Hadade, filho de Tabriom e neto de Heziom, rei da Síria, que governava em Damasco,
19 com uma mensagem que dizia: "Façamos um tratado, como fizeram meu pai e o teu. Estou te enviando como presente prata e ouro. Agora, rompe o tratado que tens com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que ele saia do meu país".
20 Ben-Hadade aceitou a proposta do rei Asa e ordenou aos comandantes das suas forças que atacassem as cidades de Israel. Ele conquistou Ijom, Dã, Abel-Bete-Maaca e todo o Quinerete, além de Naftali.
21 Quando Baasa soube disso, abandonou a construção dos muros de Ramá e foi para Tirza.
22 Então o rei Asa reuniu todos homens de Judá — ninguém foi isentado — e eles retiraram de Ramá as pedras e a madeira que Baasa estivera usando. Com esse material Asa fortificou Geba, em Benjamim, e também Mispá.
23 Os demais acontecimentos do reinado de Asa, todas as suas realizações, tudo o que fez e todas as cidades que construiu, tudo isso está escrito nos registros históricos dos reis de Judá. Na velhice Asa sofreu uma doença nos pés,
24 e quando descansou com os seus antepassados, foi sepultado com eles na cidade de Davi, seu pai. E seu filho Josafá foi o seu sucessor.
25 Nadabe, filho de Jeroboão, tornou-se rei de Israel no segundo ano do reinado de Asa, rei de Judá, e reinou dois anos sobre Israel.
26 Fez o que o Senhor reprova, andando nos caminhos do seu pai e no pecado que ele tinha levado Israel a cometer.
27 Baasa, filho de Aías, da tribo de Issacar, conspirou contra ele, e o matou na cidade filistéia de Gibetom, enquanto Nadabe e todo o exército de Israel a sitiavam.
28 Baasa matou Nadabe no terceiro ano do reinado de Asa, rei de Judá, e foi o seu sucessor.
29 Assim que começou a reinar, matou toda a família de Jeroboão. Dos pertencentes a Jeroboão não deixou ninguém vivo, mas destruiu a todos, de acordo com a palavra do Senhor anunciada por seu servo, o silonita Aías.
30 Isso aconteceu por causa dos pecados que Jeroboão havia cometido e havia feito Israel cometer, e porque ele tinha provocado a ira do Senhor, o Deus de Israel.
31 Os demais acontecimentos do reinado de Nadabe e tudo o que fez, estão escritos nos registros históricos dos reis de Israel.
32 Houve guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel, durante todo o reinado deles.
33 No terceiro ano do reinado de Asa, rei de Judá, Baasa, filho de Aías, tornou-se rei de todo o Israel, em Tirza, e reinou vinte e quatro anos.
34 Fez o que o Senhor reprova, andando nos caminhos de Jeroboão e nos pecados que ele tinha levado Israel a cometer.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
2 For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;
5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.
6 ...
7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.
9 In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.
10 And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.
12 Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.
13 And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.
14 The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
15 He took into the house of the Lord all the things which his father had made holy, and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.
16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
17 And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,
19 Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
20 So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth as far as all the land of Naphtali.
21 And Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and was living in Tirzah.
22 Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? But when he was old he had a disease of the feet.
24 So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.
25 Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.
26 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.
27 And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.
28 In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha put him to death, and became king in his place.
29 And straight away when he became king, he sent destruction on all the offspring of Jeroboam; there was not one living person of all the family of Jeroboam whom he did not put to death, so the word of the Lord, which he said by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite, came about;
30 Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history 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 the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and was king for twenty-four years.
34 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.