1In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah⚓ became king of Judah, 2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.⚓ 3He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. 4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. 5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. 6There was war between Abijah⚓ and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime. 7As for the other events of Abijah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 8And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.
Asa King of Judah
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, 10and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom. 11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done. 12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. 13He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life. 15He brought into the temple of the Lord the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated. 16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. 17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah. 18Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. 19“Let there be a treaty between me and you,” he said, “as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me.” 20Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali. 21When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah. 22Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah. 23As for all the other events of Asa’s reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased. 24Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.
Nadab King of Israel
25Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of his father and committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to commit. 27Baasha son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it. 28Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king. 29As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel. 31As for the other events of Nadab’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. 33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years. 34He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
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Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Anpiyas
(2 Xwmtxheej Vajntxwv 13.1–14.1)
1Thaum Nenpas tus tub Yelaunpau-as ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees tau kaum yim xyoo lawm, Anpiyas mam li ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas, 2thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau peb xyoos. Anpiyas niam hu ua Ma-akas thiab yog Axaloos tus ntxhais. 3Anpiyas ua txhaum ib yam li nws txiv ua; nws yeej tsis hwm tus TSWV uas yog nws tus Vajtswv li nws yawgkoob Daviv lawm. 4Tiamsis vim muaj Daviv, tus TSWV uas yog Daviv tus Vajtswv thiaj li pub Daviv tus xeebntxwv Anpiyas ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw kav lub nroog Yeluxalees thiab tswj lub nroog ntawd nyob ruaj khov. 5Tus TSWV ua li ntawd, vim Daviv yeej ua haum tus TSWV lub siab thiab nws yeej tsis tau ua ib yam dabtsi hla dhau tus TSWV tej lus samhwm li, tsuas yog qhov uas nws tau ua rau Uliyas uas yog neeg Hitis xwb. 6Yelaunpau-as thiab Anpiyas nkawd rov pib ua rog sib tua mus txog thaum tas Anpiyas tiam neej li thiab. 7Dua li lwm yam uas Anpiyas ua tas los, puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev cov Yudas cov Vajntxwv lub neej lawm. 8Anpiyas tuag thiab luag coj nws mus faus rau ntawm Daviv lub nroog, thiab nws tus tub Axas ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw.
Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Axas
(2 Xwmtxheej Vajntxwv 15.15–16.6)
9Thaum Vajntxwv Yelaunpau-as ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees tau nees nkaum xyoo lawm, Axas mam li ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas, 10thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau plaub caug ib xyoos. Nws pog yog Axaloos tus ntxhais Ma-akas. 11Axas ua lub neej ncaj ncees haum tus TSWV lub siab, ib yam li thaum ub nws yawgkoob Daviv tau ua los lawm. 12Nws muab cov txivneej thiab cov pojniam uas pheej ua niamntiav thiab txivntiav ntiab tawm hauv tej tsev teev dab hauv nws lub tebchaws mus, thiab nws muab tej mlom tooj uas nws cov yawgkoob ua coj mus povtseg huv tibsi. 13Axas muab nws pog Ma-akas lub meejmom uas yog poj vajntxwv txo tsis pub ua ntxiv lawm, vim nws yog tus uas hais kom txua tus mlom pojniam Aselas. Axas thiaj muab tus mlom ntawd txiav thiab coj mus hlawv rau hauv lub Hav Kiloos. 14Txawm yog Axas tsis tau muab tej tsev teev dab rhuav kom puastsuaj tas los nws yeej ua neeg ncaj ncees thiab muab siab npuab tus TSWV tas nws sim neej. 15Nws muab tej khoom uas nws txiv muab fij rau Vajtswv lawm, coj mus tso rau hauv lub Tuamtsev nrog tej nyiaj tej kub uas nws muab fij rau tus TSWV lawm. 16Cov Yudas tus Vajntxwv Axas thiab cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Npasas rov ua rog mus txog thaum tas nkawd tiam neej. 17Cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Npasas mus tua cov Yudas thiab tsim lub nroog Lamas ua chaw txiav kev tsis pub cov Yudas mus los. 18Yog li ntawd, Vajntxwv Axas thiaj muab tej kub uas seem hauv lub Tuamtsev thiab hauv lub loog rau nws cov nomtswv nqa mus rau pem lub nroog Damaxes thiab muab pub rau cov Xilias tus Vajntxwv Npeehadas uas yog Talee-moos tus tub thiab yog Hexi-oos tus xeebntxwv nrog cov lus uas hais li no: 19“Cia wb tuav tes ua phoojywg ib yam li thaud koj txiv thiab kuv txiv ua phoojywg los lawm. Cov nyiaj thiab cov kub no yog coj tuaj pub rau koj ua kev sib raug zoo. Nimno thov koj cia li txiav kev ua phoojywg nrog cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Npasas kom nws thiaj thim nws cov tubrog tawm hauv kuv cheebtsam av mus.” 20Vajntxwv Npeehadas pom zoo ua li Axas hais thiab tso nws cov thawj tubrog coj lawv cov tubrog mus tua cov Yixalayees tej nroog. Lawv mus txeeb tau lub nroog Iyoos, lub nroog Das, lub nroog Anpees Npethes Ma-akas, cheebtsam uas ze lub Pasdej Kalilais thiab mus rau tagnrho cheebtsam Nathalis. 21Thaum Vajntxwv Npasas hnov tej xwm txheej no tshwm tuaj lawm, nws txawm tso tseg tsis tsim lub nroog Lamas ntxiv, thiab rov qab mus rau hauv lub nroog Tilexas lawm. 22Vajntxwv Axas thiaj li tso xov mus rau cov pejxeem txhua tus thoob plaws tebchaws Yudas, kom cia li tuaj pab tshem tej pobzeb thiab tej ntoo uas Npasas coj tuaj kho lub nroog Lamas ntawd povtseg. Axas muab tej khoom ntawd mus ua lub nroog Nkenpas uas nyob hauv cheebtsam Npeenyamees thiab lub nroog Mixepas. 23Dua li lwm yam uas Vajntxwv Axas ua tas los, nws lub peevxwm thiab tej nroog uas nws ua, puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev cov Yudas cov Vajntxwv lub neej lawm. Tiamsis thaum nws laus lawm txawm muaj mob rau nws ob txhais kotaw. 24Axas tuag thiab luag coj nws mus faus rau ntawm cov vajntxwv lub toj ntxas hauv Daviv lub nroog, thiab nws tus tub Yehausafas ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw.
Cov Yixalayees Tus Vajntxwv Nadas
25Thaum Axas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas tau ob xyoos lawm, Yelaunpau-as tus tub Nadas mam li ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees, thiab nws kav tau ob xyoos. 26Nws coj cov Yixalayees mus ua txhaum rau tus TSWV ib yam li nws txiv. 27Ahiyas tus tub Npasas uas yog xeem Ixakhas tau ntxeev siab rau Nadas thiab muab Nadas tua thaum Nadas thiab nws cov tubrog tseem tabtom mus vij lub nroog Nkinpethoos hauv tebchaws Filitees. 28Ces Npasas thiaj ua vajntxwv hloov Nadas chaw. Thaum ntawd Axas twb ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas tau peb xyoos lawm. 29Txij thaum ntawd los Npasas muab Yelaunpau-as tsevneeg tua tuag tas raws li tus TSWV tej lus uas nws hais rau nws tus tubtxib Ahiyas uas yog tus cev Vajtswv lus hauv lub nroog Silaus, ces Yelaunpau-as tsevneeg raug tua tuag tu noob nrho tsis tshuav ib tug li. 30Qhov uas muaj tej xwm txheej no twb yog vim Yelaunpau-as ua rau tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv chim heev, vim tej kev txhaum uas nws ua thiaj coj cov Yixalayees mus ua txhaum. 31Dua li lwm yam uas Nadas ua tas los puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev cov Yixalayees cov Vajntxwv lub neej lawm. 32Cov Yudas tus Vajntxwv Axas thiab cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Npasas rov ua rog mus txog thaum tas nkawd tiam neej li thiab.
Cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Npasas
33Thaum Vajntxwv Axas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas tau peb xyoos lawm, Ahiyas tus tub Npasas mam li ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Tilexas kav tau nees nkaum plaub xyoos. 34Nws coj cov Yixalayees mus ua txhaum rau tus TSWV ib yam li Yelaunpau-as.