I Kings 15

uvishnat shemoneh esreh lammelekh yarovam ben-nevat malakh aviyyam al-yehudah

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

shalosh shanim malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo ma'akhah bat-avishalom

He reigned three years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

vayyelekh bekhol-khattovt aviv asher-asah lefanayw velo-hayah levavo shalem im-Adonai elohayw kilvav david aviv

He continued in all the sins that his father before him had committed; he was not wholehearted with the ETERNAL his God, like his forefather David.

ki lema'an david natan Adonai elohayw lo nir birushalai͏m lehaqim et-beno akharayw uleha'amid et-yerushalai͏m

Yet, for the sake of David, the ETERNAL his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by raising up his descendant after him and by preserving Jerusalem.

asher asah david et-hayyashar be'ene Adonai velo-sar mikkol asher-tsivvahu kol yeme khayyayw raq bidvar uriyyah hakhitti

For David had done what was pleasing to GOD and never turned throughout his life from all that had been commanded him, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

umilkhamah hayetah ven-rekhavam uven yarovam kol-yeme khayyayw

There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

veyeter divre aviyyam vekhol-asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah umilkhamah hayetah ben aviyyam uven yarovam

The other events of Abijam’s reign and all his actions are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah; there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

vayyishkav aviyyam im-avotayw vayyiqberu oto be'ir david vayyimlokh asa veno takhtayw

Abijam rested with his ancestors; he was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa succeeded him as king.

uvishnat esrim leyarovam melekh yisra'el malakh asa melekh yehudah

In the twentieth year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

ve'arba'im ve'akhat shanah malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo ma'akhah bat-avishalom

He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

vayya'as asa hayyashar be'ene Adonai kedavid aviv

Asa did what was pleasing to GOD, as his forefather David had done.

vayya'aver haqqedeshim min-ha'arets vayyasar et-kol-haggillulim asher asu avotayw

He expelled the consecrated workers from the land, and he removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.

vegam et-ma'akhah immo vayesireha miggevirah asher-asetah mifletset la'asherah vayyikhrot asa et-miflatstah vayyisrof benakhal qidron

He also deposed his mother Maacah from the rank of queen mother, because she had made an abominable thing for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her abominable thing and burnt it in the Wadi Kidron.

vehabbamot lo-saru raq levav-asa hayah shalem im-Adonai kol-yamayw

The shrines, indeed, were not abolished; however, Asa was wholehearted with the Eternal his God all his life.

vayyave et-qodshe aviv (vqdshv) [veqodshe] bet Adonai kesef vezahav vekhelim

He brought into the House of GOD all the consecrated things of his father and his own consecrated things—silver, gold, and utensils.

umilkhamah hayetah ben asa uven basha melekh-yisra'el kol-yemehem

There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.

vayya'al basha melekh-yisra'el al-yehudah vayyiven et-haramah levilti tet yotse vava le'asa melekh yehudah

King Baasha of Israel advanced against Judah, and he fortified Ramah to prevent anyone belonging to King Asa of Judah from going out or coming in.

vayyiqqakh asa et-kol-hakkesef vehazzahav hannotarim be'otserot bet-Adonai ve'et-otserot bet (mlkh) [hammelekh] vayyittenem beyad-avadayw vayyishlakhem hammelekh asa el-ben-hadad ben-tavrimmon ben-khezyon melekh aram hayyoshev bedammeseq lemor

So Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the House of GOD as well as the treasuries of the royal palace, and he entrusted them to his officials. King Asa sent them to King Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion of Aram, who resided in Damascus, with this message:

berit beni uvenekha ben avi uven avikha hinneh shalakhti lekha shokhad kesef vezahav lekh haferah et-beritekha et-basha melekh-yisra'el veya'aleh me'alay

“There is a pact between you and me, and between your father and my father. I herewith send you a gift of silver and gold: Go and break your pact with King Baasha of Israel, so that he may withdraw from me.”

vayyishma ben-hadad el-hammelekh asa vayyishlakh et-sare hakhayalim asher-lo al-are yisra'el vayyakh et-iyyon ve'et-dan ve'et avel bet-ma'akhah ve'et kol-kinrot al kol-erets naftali

Ben-hadad responded to King Asa’s request; he sent his army officers against the towns of Israel and captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, as well as all the land of Naphtali.

vayehi kishmoa basha vayyekhdal mibbenot et-haramah vayyeshev betirtsah

When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah.

vehammelekh asa hishmia et-kol-yehudah en naqi vayyisu et-avne haramah ve'et-etseha asher banah basha vayyiven bam hammelekh asa et-geva binyamin ve'et-hammitspah

Then King Asa mustered all Judah, with no exemptions; and they carried away the stones and timber with which Baasha had fortified Ramah. With these King Asa fortified Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

veyeter kol-divre-asa vekhol-gevurato vekhol-asher asah vehe'arim asher banah halo-hemmah khetuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah raq le'et ziqnato khalah et-raglayw

All the other events of Asa’s reign, and all his exploits, and all his actions, and the towns that he fortified, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah. However, in his old age he suffered from a foot ailment.

vayyishkav asa im-avotayw vayyiqqaver im-avotayw be'ir david aviv vayyimlokh yehoshafat beno takhtayw

Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his forefather David. His son Jehoshaphat succeeded him as king.

venadav ben-yarovam malakh al-yisra'el bishnat shetayim le'asa melekh yehudah vayyimlokh al-yisra'el shenatayim

Nadab son of Jeroboam had become king over Israel in the second year of King Asa of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai vayyelekh bederekh aviv uvekhattato asher hekheti et-yisra'el

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he continued in the ways of his father, in the sins that he caused Israel to commit.

vayyiqshor alayw basha ven-akhiyyah levet yissashkhar vayyakkehu vasha begibbeton asher lappelishtim venadav vekhol-yisra'el tsarim al-gibbeton

Then Baasha son of Ahijah, of the House of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

vayemitehu vasha bishnat shalosh le'asa melekh yehudah vayyimlokh takhtayw

Baasha killed him in the third year of King Asa of Judah and became king in his stead.

vayehi khemolkho hikkah et-kol-bet yarovam lo-hishir kol-neshamah leyarovam ad-hishmido kidvar Adonai asher dibber beyad-avdo akhiyyah hashiloni

As soon as he became king, he struck down all the House of Jeroboam; he did not spare a single soul belonging to Jeroboam until he destroyed it—in accordance with the word spoken through GOD’s servant Ahijah the Shilonite—

al-khattovt yarovam asher khata va'asher hekheti et-yisra'el bekhaso asher hikhis et-Adonai elohe yisra'el

because of the sins that Jeroboam committed and that he caused Israel to commit, thereby provoking the anger of the ETERNAL, the God of Israel.

veyeter divre nadav vekhol-asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Nadab’s reign and all his actions are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

umilkhamah hayetah ben asa uven basha melekh-yisra'el kol-yemehem

There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.

bishnat shalosh le'asa melekh yehudah malakh basha ven-akhiyyah al-kol-yisra'el betirtsah esrim ve'arba shanah

In the third year of King Asa of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king in Tirzah over all Israel—for twenty-four years.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai vayyelekh bederekh yarovam uvekhattato asher hekheti et-yisra'el

He did what was displeasing to GOD; he followed the ways of Jeroboam and the sins that he caused Israel to commit.