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1Il diciottesimo anno del regno di Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, Abijam cominciò a regnare sopra Giuda. 2Regnò tre anni in Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Maaca, figliuola di Abishalom. 3Egli s’abbandonò a tutti i peccati che suo padre avea commessi prima di lui, e il suo cuore non fu tutto quanto per l’Eterno, l’Iddio suo, com’era stato il cuore di Davide suo padre. 4Nondimeno, per amor di Davide, l’Eterno, il suo Dio, gli lasciò una lampada a Gerusalemme, stabilendo dopo di lui il suo figliuolo, e lasciando sussistere Gerusalemme; 5perché Davide avea fatto ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno, e non si era scostato in nulla dai suoi comandamenti per tutto il tempo della sua vita, salvo nel fatto di Uria, lo Hitteo. 6Or fra Roboamo e Geroboamo vi fu guerra, finché Roboamo visse. 7Il resto delle azioni di Abijam e tutto quello ch’ei fece, sta scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. E vi fu guerra fra Abijam e Geroboamo. 8E Abijam s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto nella città di Davide; ed Asa, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo. 9L’anno ventesimo del regno di Geroboamo, re d’Israele, Asa cominciò a regnare sopra Giuda. 10Regnò quarantun anni in Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Maaca, figliuola d’Abishalom. 11Asa fece ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno, come avea fatto Davide suo padre, 12tolse via dal paese quelli che si prostituivano, fece sparire tutti gl’idoli che i suoi padri aveano fatti, 13e destituì pure dalla dignità di regina sua madre Maaca, perch’essa avea rizzato un’immagine ad Astarte; Asa abbatté l’immagine, e la bruciò presso al torrente Kidron. 14Nondimeno, gli alti luoghi non furono eliminati; quantunque il cuore d’Asa fosse tutto quanto per l’Eterno, durante l’intera sua vita. 15Egli fece portare nella casa dell’Eterno le cose che suo padre avea consacrate, e quelle che avea consacrate egli stesso: argento, oro, vasi. 16E ci fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa, re d’Israele, tutto il tempo della lor vita. 17Baasa, re d’Israele, salì contro Giuda, ed edificò Rama, per impedire che alcuno andasse e venisse dalla parte di Asa, re di Giuda. 18Allora Asa prese tutto l’argento e l’oro ch’era rimasto nei tesori della casa dell’Eterno, prese i tesori della casa del re, e mise tutto in mano dei suoi servi, che mandò a Ben-Hadad, figliuolo di Tabrimmon, figliuolo di Hezion, re di Siria, che abitava a Damasco, per dirgli: 19"Siavi alleanza fra me e te, come vi fu fra il padre mio e il padre tuo. Ecco, io ti mando in dono dell’argento e dell’oro; va’, rompi la tua alleanza con Baasa, re d’Israele, ond’egli si ritiri da me". 20Ben-Hadad diè ascolto al re Asa; mandò i capi del suo esercito contro le città d’Israele ed espugnò Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maaca, tutta la contrada di Kinneroth con tutto il paese di Neftali. 21E quando Baasa ebbe udito questo, cessò di edificare Rama, e rimase a Tirtsa. 22Allora il re Asa convocò tutti que’ di Giuda, senza eccettuarne alcuno; e quelli portaron via le pietre e il legname di cui Baasa s’era servito per la costruzione di Rama; e con essi il re Asa edificò Gheba di Beniamino, e Mitspa. 23Il resto di tutte le azioni di Asa, tutte le sue prodezze, tutto quello ch’ei fece e le città che edificò, si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. Ma, nella sua vecchiaia, egli patì di male ai piedi. 24E Asa si addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto con essi nella città di Davide, suo padre; e Giosafat, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo. 25Nadab, figliuolo di Geroboamo, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele il secondo anno di Asa, re di Giuda; e regnò sopra Israele due anni. 26E fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, e seguì le tracce di suo padre e il peccato nel quale aveva indotto Israele. 27Baasa, figliuolo di Ahija, della casa d’Issacar, cospirò contro di lui, e lo uccise a Ghibbethon, che apparteneva ai Filistei, mentre Nadab e tutto Israele assediavano Ghibbethon. 28Baasa l’uccise l’anno terzo di Asa, re di Giuda, e regnò in luogo suo. 29E, non appena fu re, sterminò tutta la casa di Geroboamo; non risparmiò anima viva di quella casa, ma la distrusse interamente, secondo la parola che l’Eterno avea pronunziata, per bocca del suo servo Ahija lo Scilonita, 30a motivo de’ peccati che Geroboamo avea commessi e fatti commettere a Israele, quando avea provocato ad ira l’Iddio d’Israele. 31Il resto delle azioni di Nadab e tutto quello che fece, non sono cose scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele? 32E ci fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa, re d’Israele, tutto il tempo della loro vita. 33L’anno terzo di Asa, re di Giuda, Baasa, figliuolo di Ahija, cominciò a regnare su tutto Israele. Stava a Tirtsa, e regnò ventiquattro anni. 34Fece quel ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno; e seguì le vie di Geroboamo e il peccato che questi avea fatto commettere a Israele.

1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father. 4Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem; 5because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place. 9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah. 10He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 11Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father. 12He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days. 15He brought into Yahweh’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, 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 Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying, 19“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.” 20Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21When Baasha heard of it, he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah. 22Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; no one was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. 25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years. 26He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin. 27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place. 29As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite; 30for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger. 31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years. 34He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

1In het achttiende jaar nu van den koning Jerobeam, den zoon van Nebat, werd Abiam koning over Juda. 2Hij regeerde drie jaren te Jeruzalem; en de naam zijner moeder was Maacha, een dochter van Abisalom. 3En hij wandelde in al de zonden zijns vaders, die hij voor hem gedaan had; en zijn hart was niet volkomen met den HEERE, zijn God, gelijk het hart van zijn vader David. 4Maar om Davids wil, gaf de HEERE, zijn God, hem een lamp in Jeruzalem, verwekkende zijn zoon na hem, en bevestigende Jeruzalem. 5Omdat David gedaan had wat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN, en niet geweken was van alles, wat Hij hem geboden had, al de dagen zijns levens, dan alleen in de zaak van Uria, den Hethiet. 6En er was krijg geweest tussen Rehabeam en tussen Jerobeam, al de dagen zijns levens. 7Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Abiam, en alles, wat hij gedaan heeft, is dat niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Juda? Er was ook krijg tussen Abiam en tussen Jerobeam. 8En Abiam ontsliep met zijn vaderen, en zij begroeven hem in de stad Davids; en Asa, zijn zoon, regeerde in zijn plaats. 9In het twintigste jaar van Jerobeam, den koning van Israel, werd Asa koning over Juda. 10En hij regeerde een en veertig jaren te Jeruzalem, en de naam zijner moeder was Maacha, een dochter van Abisalom. 11En Asa deed wat recht was in de ogen des HEEREN, gelijk zijn vader David. 12Want hij nam weg de schandjongens uit het land, en deed weg al de drekgoden, die zijn vaders gemaakt hadden. 13Ja, zelfs zijn moeder Maacha zette hij ook af, dat zij geen koningin ware, omdat zij een afgrijselijken afgod in een bos gemaakt had; ook roeide Asa uit haar afgrijselijken afgod, en verbrandde hem aan de beek Kidron. 14De hoogten werden wel niet weggenomen; nochtans was het hart van Asa volkomen met den HEERE, al zijn dagen. 15En hij bracht in het huis des HEEREN de geheiligde dingen zijns vaders, en zijn geheiligde dingen, zilver, en goud, en vaten. 16En er was krijg tussen Asa en tussen Baesa, den koning van Israel, al hun dagen. 17Want Baesa, de koning van Israel, toog op tegen Juda, en bouwde Rama; opdat hij niemand toeliet uit te gaan en in te komen tot Asa, den koning van Juda. 18Toen nam Asa al het zilver en goud, dat overgebleven was in de schatten van het huis des HEEREN, en de schatten van het huis des konings, en gaf ze in de hand zijner knechten; en de koning Asa zond ze tot Benhadad, den zoon van Tabrimmon, den zoon van Hezion, den koning van Syrie, die te Damaskus woonde, zeggende: 19Er is een verbond tussen mij en tussen u, tussen mijn vader en tussen uw vader; zie, ik zend u een geschenk, zilver en goud; ga heen, maak uw verbond te niet met Baesa, den koning van Israel, dat hij aftrekke van tegen mij. 20En Benhadad hoorde naar den koning Asa, en zond de oversten der heiren, die hij had, tegen de steden van Israel; en sloeg Ijon, en Dan, en Abel Beth-Maacha, en het ganse Cinneroth, met het ganse land Nafthali. 21En het geschiedde, als Baesa zulks hoorde, dat hij afliet van Rama te bouwen, en hij bleef te Thirza. 22Toen liet de koning Asa door gans Juda uitroepen (niemand was vrij), dat zij de stenen van Rama, en het hout daarvan, zouden wegdragen, waarmede Baesa gebouwd had; en de koning Asa bouwde daarmede Geba-Benjamins, en Mizpa. 23Het overige nu van alle geschiedenissen van Asa, en al zijn macht, en al wat hij gedaan heeft, en de steden, die hij gebouwd heeft, zijn die niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Juda? Doch in den tijd zijns ouderdoms werd hij krank aan zijn voeten. 24En Asa ontsliep met zijn vaderen, en werd begraven met zijn vaderen, in de stad van zijn vader David; en zijn zoon Josafat werd koning in zijn plaats. 25Nadab nu, de zoon van Jerobeam, werd koning over Israel, in het tweede jaar van Asa, den koning van Juda; en hij regeerde twee jaren over Israel. 26En hij deed wat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN, en wandelde in den weg zijns vaders, en in zijn zonde, waarmede hij Israel had doen zondigen. 27En Baesa, de zoon van Ahia, van het huis van Issaschar, maakte een verbintenis tegen hem, en Baesa sloeg hem te Gibbethon, hetwelk der Filistijnen is, als Nadab en gans Israel Gibbethon belegerden. 28En Baesa doodde hem, in het derde jaar van Asa, den koning van Juda, en werd koning in zijn plaats. 29Het geschiedde nu, als hij regeerde, dat hij het ganse huis van Jerobeam sloeg; hij liet niets over van Jerobeam, wat adem had, totdat hij hem verdelgd had, naar het woord des HEEREN, dat Hij gesproken had door den dienst van Zijn knecht Ahia, den Siloniet; 30Om de zonden van Jerobeam, die zondigde, en die Israel zondigen deed, en om zijn terging, waarmede hij den HEERE, den God Israels, getergd had. 31Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Nadab, en al wat hij gedaan heeft, is dat niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Israel? 32En er was oorlog tussen Asa en tussen Baesa, den koning van Israel, al hun dagen. 33In het derde jaar van Asa, koning van Juda, werd Baesa, de zoon van Ahia, koning over gans Israel, te Thirza, en regeerde vier en twintig jaren. 34En hij deed wat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN, en wandelde in den weg van Jerobeam, en in zijn zonde, waarmede hij Israel had doen zondigen.