1 Kings 15 (NET)

1 Kings 15:1¹In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:312 Chr 13:1-22

1 Kings 15:2²He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 13:21 Kgs 15:132 Chr 11:20-22

1 Kings 15:3³He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:4Ps 119:801 Kgs 3:141 Kgs 11:331 Kgs 14:21-222 Chr 31:20-212 Kgs 20:32 Chr 25:2

1 Kings 15:4⁴Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:362 Chr 21:71 Kgs 11:121 Kgs 11:322 Sam 7:12-16Gen 12:2Isa 37:35Ps 132:17Ps 18:282 Sam 21:17

1 Kings 15:5⁵He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:82 Sam 11:15-171 Kgs 15:32 Chr 34:2Ps 51:12 Sam 11:3-42 Sam 12:9-10Acts 13:22Luke 1:6Ps 119:6

1 Kings 15:6⁶Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s lifetime.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:30

1 Kings 15:7⁷The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 13:2-221 Kgs 14:29

1 Kings 15:8⁸Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 14:11 Kgs 14:311 Chr 3:91 Kgs 14:1Matt 1:7-8

1 Kings 15:9⁹In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 15:10¹⁰He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:21 Kgs 15:132 Chr 11:20-212 Chr 13:2

1 Kings 15:11¹¹Asa did what the Lord approved as his ancestor David had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 14:22 Chr 15:171 Kgs 15:32 Chr 14:112 Chr 16:7-10

1 Kings 15:12¹²He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:461 Kgs 14:23-241 Kgs 11:7-81 Pet 1:182 Chr 14:2-5Jude 1:7Rom 1:26-271 Kgs 15:3Ezek 20:18-19Zech 1:2-6

1 Kings 15:13¹³He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:201 Kgs 15:101 Kgs 15:22 Chr 15:15-192 Chr 34:42 Cor 5:162 Kgs 18:42 Kgs 23:12-152 Kgs 23:62 Sam 15:23

1 Kings 15:14¹⁴The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:431 Kgs 15:31 Kgs 8:612 Kgs 12:32 Chr 14:32 Chr 14:52 Chr 15:17-182 Kgs 14:41 Kgs 11:42 Chr 16:9

1 Kings 15:15¹⁵He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord ’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:511 Chr 26:26-282 Chr 14:132 Chr 15:18

1 Kings 15:16¹⁶Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:321 Kgs 14:301 Kgs 15:6-72 Chr 16:1-6

1 Kings 15:17¹⁷King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 12:272 Chr 16:1-6Josh 18:251 Kgs 15:21-221 Kgs 15:271 Sam 15:342 Chr 11:13-17Jer 31:15

1 Kings 15:18¹⁸Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord ’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:262 Kgs 12:181 Kgs 11:23-241 Kgs 15:15Gen 14:151 Kgs 20:1-51 Kgs 20:33-342 Chr 15:182 Chr 16:2-62 Kgs 18:15-16

1 Kings 15:19¹⁹“I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:312 Chr 16:32 Chr 16:72 Chr 19:22 Sam 21:2Ezek 17:13-16Isa 31:1Rom 3:8

1 Kings 15:20²⁰Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 15:29Judg 18:29Josh 11:21 Kgs 12:292 Sam 20:14-15Josh 12:3Gen 14:14

1 Kings 15:21²¹When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:171 Kgs 16:15-181 Kgs 15:172 Chr 16:5Song 6:4

1 Kings 15:22²²King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 21:17Josh 18:242 Chr 16:6Josh 18:261 Sam 7:5Jer 40:10Jer 40:6

1 Kings 15:23²³The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:29-311 Kgs 15:7-82 Chr 16:11-14Ps 90:10

1 Kings 15:24²⁴Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 1:81 Kgs 22:41-432 Chr 17:1-9

1 Kings 15:25²⁵In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:201 Kgs 14:12

1 Kings 15:26²⁶He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He followed in his father’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 15:301 Kgs 15:341 Kgs 12:28-331 Kgs 13:33-341 Cor 8:10-131 Kgs 16:191 Kgs 16:25-261 Kgs 16:301 Kgs 16:7

1 Kings 15:27²⁷Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:14Josh 19:44Josh 21:231 Kgs 16:151 Kgs 15:16-171 Kgs 16:171 Kgs 16:92 Kgs 12:20

1 Kings 15:28²⁸Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:35

1 Kings 15:29²⁹When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, in keeping with the Lord’ s message that he had spoken through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:9-162 Kgs 10:10-112 Kgs 10:312 Kgs 19:252 Kgs 9:36-372 Kgs 9:7-10

1 Kings 15:30³⁰This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:261 Kgs 14:221 Kgs 14:9-16

1 Kings 15:31³¹The rest of the events of Nadab’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:191 Kgs 16:141 Kgs 16:201 Kgs 16:271 Kgs 16:5

1 Kings 15:32³²Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:16

1 Kings 15:33³³In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:8

1 Kings 15:34³⁴He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:261 Kgs 12:28-291 Kgs 14:161 Kgs 13:33-34Isa 1:4