King Abijah of Judah
(2 Chronicles 13.1—14.1)1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. 3 He committed the same sins as his father and was not completely loyal to the Lord his God, as his great-grandfather David had been. 4 But for David's sake the Lord his God gave Abijah a son to rule after him in Jerusalem and to keep Jerusalem secure. 5 The Lord did this because David had done what pleased him and had never disobeyed any of his commands, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. 6 The war which had begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout Abijah's lifetime. 7 And everything else that Abijah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
8 Abijah died and was buried in David's City, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.
King Asa of Judah
(2 Chronicles 14.1-52 15.16—16.6,11-14)9 In the twentieth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, 10 and he ruled forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah, the daughter of Absalom. 11 Asa did what pleased the Lord, as his ancestor David had done. 12 He expelled from the country all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan places of worship, and he removed all the idols his predecessors had made. 13 He removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made an obscene idol of the fertility goddess Asherah. Asa cut down the idol and burned it in Kidron Valley. 14 Even though Asa did not destroy all the pagan places of worship, he remained faithful to the Lord all his life. 15 He placed in the Temple all the objects his father had dedicated to God, as well as the gold and silver objects that he himself dedicated.
16 King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel were constantly at war with each other as long as they were in power. 17 Baasha invaded Judah and started to fortify Ramah in order to cut off all traffic in and out of Judah. 18 So King Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the Temple and the palace, and sent it by some of his officials to Damascus, to King Benhadad of Syria, the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, with this message: 19 “Let us be allies, as our fathers were. This silver and gold is a present for you. Now break your alliance with King Baasha of Israel, so that he will have to pull his troops out of my territory.”
20 King Benhadad agreed to Asa's proposal and sent his commanding officers and their armies to attack the cities of Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, the area near Lake Galilee, and the whole territory of Naphtali. 21 When King Baasha heard what had happened, he stopped fortifying Ramah and went to Tirzah.
22 Then King Asa sent out an order throughout all of Judah requiring everyone, without exception, to help carry away from Ramah the stones and timber that Baasha had been using to fortify it. With this material Asa fortified Mizpah and Geba, a city in the territory of Benjamin.
23 Everything else that King Asa did, his brave deeds and the towns he fortified, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. But in his old age he was crippled by a foot disease. 24 Asa died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.
King Nadab of Israel
25 In the second year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, King Jeroboam's son Nadab became king of Israel, and he ruled for two years. 26 Like his father before him, he sinned against the Lord and led Israel into sin.
27 Baasha son of Ahijah, of the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and killed him as Nadab and his army were besieging the city of Gibbethon in Philistia. 28 This happened during the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah. And so Baasha succeeded Nadab as king of Israel. 29 At once he began killing all the members of Jeroboam's family. In accordance with what the Lord had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh, all of Jeroboam's family were killed; not one survived. 30 This happened because Jeroboam aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by the sins that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit.
31 Everything else that Nadab did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel. 32 King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel were constantly at war with each other as long as they were in power.
King Baasha of Israel
33 In the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he ruled in Tirzah for twenty-four years. 34 Like King Jeroboam before him, he sinned against the Lord and led Israel into sin.
Abījāms valda pār Jūdu
(2L 13:1–23)1 Ķēniņa Jārobāma, Nebāta dēla, astoņpadsmitajā valdīšanas gadā Jūdā sāka valdīt Abījāms. 2 Viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē trīs gadus, un viņa mātes vārds bija Maaha, Abīšāloma meita. 3 Viņš palika pie sava tēva grēkiem, ko tas bija darījis pirms viņa, un viņa sirds neguva mieru pie Kunga, viņa Dieva, kā viņa tēva Dāvida sirds. 4 Tomēr Dāvida dēļ Kungs, viņa Dievs, tam deva gaismekli Jeruzālemē, ieceldams viņa dēlu valdīt pēc viņa un nostiprinādams Jeruzālemi, 5 jo Dāvids bija darījis to, kas pareizs Kunga acīs, un ne reizi mūžā nebija novērsies no tā, kas viņam bija pavēlēts, – vienīgi tajā lietā ar hetieti Ūriju. 6 Karš starp Rehabeāmu un Jārobāmu ilga visu mūžu.
7 Un citi Abījāma darbi un viss, ko viņš darīja, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? Un starp Abījāmu un Jārobāmu bija karš. 8 Abījāms apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņu apbedīja Dāvida pilsētā. Viņa dēls Āsa sāka valdīt pēc viņa.
Āsa valda pār Jūdu
(2L 14:1–15:19)9 Jūdas ķēniņš Āsa sāka valdīt Israēla ķēniņa Jārobāma divdesmitajā gadā 10 un valdīja Jeruzālemē četrdesmit vienu gadu. Viņa mātes vārds bija Maaha, Abīšāloma meita. 11 Āsa darīja, kas pareizs Kunga acīs, tāpat kā viņa tēvs Dāvids. 12 Viņš izdzina no zemes tempļa prostitūtas un aizvāca visus elkus, ko bija taisījuši viņa tēvi. 13 Savai mātei Maahai viņš atņēma ķēniņienes godu, jo viņa bija taisījusi Ašēras šausmekli. Āsa sacirta šausmekli un sadedzināja to Kidronas ielejā. 14 Bet augstieņu altārus viņš neiznīcināja. Tomēr Āsas sirdī visu mūžu bija miers ar Kungu. 15 Viņš lika ienest Kunga namā sava tēva un savas svētlietas – sudrabu, zeltu un traukus.
Savienība ar Arāmas ķēniņu pret Israēlu
(2L 16:1–14)16 Starp Āsu un Israēla ķēniņu Baešu visu mūžu bija karš. 17 Israēla ķēniņš Baeša nāca pret Jūdu. Viņš sāka celt Rāmu, lai neviens nevarētu ne iznākt, ne ieiet pie ķēniņa Āsas Jūdas zemē. 18 Tad Āsa ņēma visu sudrabu un zeltu, kas bija atlicis Kunga nama dārgumu krātuvēs un ķēniņa nama mantnīcās, un deva to saviem kalpiem. Ķēniņš Āsa tos sūtīja pie Ben-Hadada, Tabrimmona dēla, Hezjona dēla dēla, Arāmas ķēniņa, kurš dzīvoja Damaskā, sacīdams: 19 “Starp mani un tevi, starp manu tēvu un tavu tēvu, ir derība, redzi, es sūtu tev dāvanu, sudrabu un zeltu, ej un lauz savu derību ar Israēla ķēniņu Baešu, lai viņš atkāpjas no manis!” 20 Ben-Hadads uzklausīja ķēniņu Āsu un sūtīja savus karaspēka pavēlniekus pret Israēla pilsētām un sakāva Ijonu, Dānu, Ābel-Bēt-Maahu, visu Kineretu un visu Naftālī zemi. 21 Kad Baeša to uzzināja, viņš pārtrauca celt Rāmu un apmetās Tircā. 22 Tad ķēniņš Āsa iesauca visus, kas vien bija Jūdā, neatlaida nevienu, un lika atvest akmeņus un baļķus no Rāmas, ko cēla Baeša, no tiem ķēniņš Āsa uzcēla Gebu Benjāmina zemē un Micpu. 23 Un visi citi Āsas darbi, visa viņa varenība un viss, ko viņš darīja, un pilsētas, kuras viņš uzcēla, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņa Laiku grāmatā? Bet vecumā viņam sasirga kājas. 24 Un Āsa apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņu apbedīja pie tēviem Dāvida pilsētā. Pēc viņa valdīja viņa dēls Jehošāfāts.
Nādābs valda pār Israēlu
25 Jūdas ķēniņa Āsas otrajā gadā pār Israēlu sāka valdīt Nādābs, Jārobāma dēls, viņš valdīja pār Israēlu divus gadus. 26 Viņš darīja to, kas ļauns Kunga acīs, un staigāja sava tēva ceļos un darīja grēkus, ar kuriem tas bija licis grēkot Israēlam. 27 Ahijas dēls Baeša no Jisašhara nama sazvērējās pret viņu un nokāva to pie filistiešu pilsētas Gibtonas, kad Nādābs un viss Israēls bija aplenkuši Gibtonu. 28 Baeša viņu nonāvēja Jūdas ķēniņa Āsas valdīšanas trešajā gadā un sāka valdīt viņa vietā. 29 Kļuvis par ķēniņu, viņš izkāva visu Jārobāma namu, netaupīja nevienu, kam dvaša, līdz Jārobāma nams bija iznīcināts – kā Kunga vārds bija sludināts caur viņa kalpu Ahiju no Šīlo. 30 Tas notika Jārobāma grēku dēļ, ko viņš bija darījis un ar kuriem bija licis grēkot Israēlam un sadusmojis Kungu, Israēla Dievu.
31 Un citi Nādāba darbi un viss, ko viņš darīja, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Israēla ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā?
Baeša valda pār Israēlu – otrā dinastija
32 Bet starp Āsu un Baešu bija karš visu mūžu. 33 Baeša, Ahijas dēls, sāka valdīt pār visu Israēlu Jūdas ķēniņa Āsas trešajā gadā un valdīja Tircā divdesmit četrus gadus. 34 Viņš darīja to, kas ļauns Kunga acīs, un staigāja Jārobāma ceļos un darīja grēkus, ar kuriem tas bija licis grēkot Israēlam.
