1 Ora, no décimo oitavo ano do rei Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, começou Abião a reinar sobre Judá.
2 Reinou três anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Maaca, filha de Absalão.
3 Andou em todos os pecados que seu pai tinha cometido antes dele: o seu coração não era perfeito para com Jeová seu Deus, como o fora o coração de seu pai Davi.
4 Todavia em atenção a Davi deu-lhe Jeová uma lâmpada em Jerusalém, suscitando a seu filho depois dele, e dando estabilidade a Jerusalém;
5 porque Davi fez o que era reto aos olhos de Jeová, e em nada se afastou de tudo o que lhe ordenou em todos os dias da sua vida, exceto no que se passou a respeito de Urias heteu.
6 Houve sempre guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão.
7 O restante dos atos de Abião, e tudo o que ele fez, não estão, porventura, escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá? Houve guerra entre Abião e Jeroboão.
8 Adormeceu Abião com seus pais, e sepultaram-no na cidade de Davi. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Asa.
9 No vigésimo ano de Jeroboão, rei de Israel, começou Asa a reinar sobre Judá.
10 Reinou quarenta e um anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Maaca, filha de Absalão.
11 Asa fez o que era reto aos olhos de Jeová, como o fizera Davi, seu pai.
12 Tirou da terra os sodomitas, e removeu todos os ídolos que seus pais tinham feito.
13 Também a Maaca, sua mãe a removeu, para não ser ela rainha-mãe, porque tinha feito uma imagem horrível para servir de Asera; Asa cortou essa imagem que ela tinha feito, e a queimou junto à torrente de Cedrom.
14 Os altos, porém, não foram tirados, todavia o coração de Asa foi perfeito todos os seus dias para com Jeová.
15 Meteu na casa de Jeová as cousas que seu pai tinha dedicado, e as que ele mesmo tinha dedicado, prata e ouro e vasos.
16 Houve sempre guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel.
17 Pois Baasa, rei de Israel, subiu contra Judá, e edificou a Ramá, para que não deixasse sair alguém dos territórios de Asa, rei de Judá, nem neles entrar.
18 Então tomou Asa toda a prata e ouro, que ficaram nos tesouros da casa de Jeová, e os tesouros da casa do rei, e os entregou nas mãos dos seus servos. O rei Asa enviou-os a Ben-Hadade, filho de Tabirimom, filho de Heziom, rei da Síria, que habitava em Damasco, dizendo:
19 Haja aliança entre mim e ti, como houve entre meu pai e teu pai. Eis que te envio um presente de prata e de ouro; vai e quebra a tua aliança com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que ele se retire de mim.
20 Ben-Hadade deu ouvidos ao rei Asa, e enviou os generais dos seus exércitos contra as cidades de Israel, e feriu a Ijom, a Dã, a Abel-Bete-Maaca e todo o distrito de Quinerete, juntamente com toda a terra de Naftali.
21 O que tendo Baasa ouvido, deixou de edificar a Ramá, e habitou em Tirza.
22 O rei Asa convocou a todo o Judá, sem excetuar ninguém. Levaram as pedras de Ramá, e as suas madeiras, que Baasa havia empregado em a edificar, e com elas edificou o rei Asa a Geba de Benjamim e a Mispa.
23 Ora o restante de todos os atos de Asa, e todo o seu poder, e tudo o que ele fez, e as cidades que edificou, não estão, porventura, escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá? Porém no tempo da sua velhice padeceu dos pés.
24 Asa adormeceu com seus pais, e foi sepultado com eles na cidade de Davi, seu pai. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Josafá.
25 Nadabe, filho de Jeroboão, começou a reinar sobre Israel no segundo ano de Asa, rei de Judá: e reinou sobre Israel dois anos.
26 Fez o mal à vista de Jeová, e andou nos caminhos de seu pai, e no pecado que seu pai tinha feito Israel cometer.
27 Conspirou contra ele Baasa, filho de Aías, da casa de Issacar, e feriu-o em Gibetom, que pertencia aos filisteus. Nadabe e todo o Israel sitiavam a Gibetom.
28 Baasa matou a Nadabe no terceiro ano de Asa, rei de Judá, e reinou em lugar dele.
29 Tanto que começou a reinar, matou a toda a casa de Jeroboão (não lhe deixou ninguém com vida, exterminando-o, conforme a palavra que Jeová falou por intermédio do seu servo Aías silonita),
30 por causa dos pecados que Jeroboão cometera, e pelos que fizera Israel cometer, por causa da provocação com que irritara a Jeová, Deus de Israel.
31 Ora, o restante dos atos de Nadabe, e tudo o que ele fez, não estão, porventura, escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Israel?
32 Houve sempre guerra entre Asa e Baasa, rei de Israel.
33 No terceiro ano de Asa, rei de Judá, começou Baasa, filho de Aías, a reinar sobre todo o Israel em Tirza, e reinou vinte e quatro anos.
34 Ele fez o mal à vista de Jeová, e andou no caminho de Jeroboão, e no pecado que ele tinha feito Israel cometer.
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.