1 Re 15
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Regno di Abiam in Giuda (913-911)
15 Nell'anno diciottesimo del re Geroboamo, figlio di Nebàt, divenne re su Giuda Abiam. 2 Egli regnò tre anni in Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Maaca, figlia di Assalonne. 3 Egli imitò tutti i peccati che suo padre aveva commessi prima di lui; il suo cuore non fu sottomesso al Signore suo Dio, come lo era stato il cuore di Davide suo antenato. 4 Ma, per amore di Davide, il Signore suo Dio gli concesse una lampada in Gerusalemme, innalzandone il figlio dopo di lui e rendendo stabile Gerusalemme, 5 perché Davide aveva fatto ciò che è giusto agli occhi del Signore e non aveva traviato dai comandi che il Signore gli aveva impartiti, durante tutta la sua vita, se si eccettua il caso di Uria l'Hittita.
6 Le altre gesta di Abiam, tutte le sue azioni, sono descritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. 7 Ci fu guerra fra Abiam e Geroboamo. 8 Abiam si addormentò con i suoi padri; lo seppellirono nella città di Davide e al suo posto divenne re suo figlio Asa.
Regno di Asa in Giuda (911-870)
9 Nell'anno ventesimo di Geroboamo, re di Israele, divenne re su Giuda Asa. 10 Costui regnò quarantun anni in Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Maaca, figlia di Assalonne. 11 Asa, come Davide suo antenato, fece ciò che è giusto agli occhi del Signore. 12 Eliminò i prostituti sacri dal paese e allontanò tutti gli idoli eretti da suo padre. 13 Anche sua madre Maaca egli privò della dignità di regina madre, perché essa aveva eretto un obbrobrio in onore di Asera; Asa abbattè l'obbrobrio e lo bruciò nella valle del torrente Cedron. 14 Ma non scomparvero le alture, anche se il cuore di Asa si mantenne integro nei riguardi del Signore per tutta la sua vita. 15 Fece portare nel tempio le offerte consacrate da suo padre e quelle consacrate da lui stesso, consistenti in argento, oro e vasi.
16 Ci fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa, re di Israele, per tutta la loro vita. 17 Baasa, re di Israele, assalì Giuda; egli fortificò Rama per impedire le comunicazioni con Asa re di Giuda. 18 Asa prese tutto l'argento e l'oro depositato nei tesori del tempio e nei tesori della reggia, li consegnò ai suoi ministri, che li portarono per ordine del re Asa a Ben-Hadàd, figlio di Tab-Rimmòn, figlio di Chezion, re d'Aram, che risiedeva in Damasco, con la proposta: 19 «Ci sia un'alleanza fra me e te, come ci fu fra mio padre e tuo padre. Ecco ti mando un dono d'argento e d'oro. Su, rompi la tua alleanza con Baasa, re di Israele, sì che egli si ritiri da me». 20 Ben-Hadàd ascoltò il re Asa; mandò contro le città di Israele i capi delle sue forze armate, occupò Iion, Dan, Abel-Bet-Maaca e l'intera regione di Genèsaret, compreso tutto il territorio di Nèftali. 21 Quando lo seppe, Baasa smise di fortificare Rama e tornò in Tirza. 22 Allora il re Asa convocò tutti quelli di Giuda, senza esclusione alcuna; costoro presero da Rama le pietre e il legname che Baasa aveva usato per le costruzioni. Con tale materiale il re Asa fortificò Gheba di Beniamino e Mizpà.
23 Le altre gesta di Asa, tutte le sue prodezze e tutte le sue azioni, le città che egli edificò, sono descritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. Egli nella sua vecchiaia ebbe la podàgra. 24 Asa si addormentò con i suoi padri; fu sepolto nella città di Davide suo antenato e al suo posto divenne re suo figlio Giòsafat.
Regno di Nadàb in Israele (910-909)
25 Nadàb, figlio di Geroboamo, divenne re d'Israele nell'anno secondo di Asa, re di Giuda, e regnò su Israele tre anni. 26 Egli fece ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore, imitando la condotta di suo padre e il peccato che questi aveva fatto commettere a Israele. 27 Contro di lui congiurò Baasa figlio di Achia, della casa di Issacar, e lo assassinò in Ghibbeton che apparteneva ai Filistei, mentre Nadàb e tutto Israele assediavano Ghibbeton. 28 Baasa lo uccise nell'anno terzo di Asa re di Giuda, e divenne re al suo posto. 29 Appena divenuto re, egli distrusse tutta la famiglia di Geroboamo: non lasciò vivo nessuno di quella stirpe, ma la distrusse tutta, secondo la parola del Signore pronunziata per mezzo del suo servo Achia di Silo, 30 a causa dei peccati di Geroboamo, commessi da lui e fatti commettere a Israele, e a causa dello sdegno a cui aveva provocato il Signore Dio di Israele.
31 Le altre gesta di Nadàb e tutte le sue azioni sono descritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Israele. 32 Ci fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa, re di Israele, per tutta la loro vita.((16))
Regno di Baasa in Israele (909-886)
33 Nell'anno terzo di Asa, re di Giuda, Baasa, figlio di Achia, divenne re d'Israele in Tirza. Regnò ventiquattro anni. 34 Fece ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore, imitando la condotta di Geroboamo e il peccato che questi aveva fatto commettere a Israele.
1 Kings 15
New King James Version
Abijam Reigns in Judah(A)
15 (B)In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. (C)His mother’s name was (D)Maachah the granddaughter of (E)Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; (F)his heart was not [a]loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. 4 Nevertheless (G)for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem; 5 because David (H)did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, (I)except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 (J)And there was war between [b]Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 (K)Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 (L)So Abijam [c]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place.
Asa Reigns in Judah(M)
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah. 10 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom. 11 (N)Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David. 12 (O)And he banished the [d]perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 Also he removed (P)Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of [e]Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and (Q)burned it by the Brook Kidron. 14 (R)But the [f]high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s (S)heart was loyal to the Lord all his days. 15 He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father (T)had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.
16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And (U)Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built (V)Ramah, (W)that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to (X)Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in (Y)Damascus, saying, 19 “Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
20 So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and (Z)sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked (AA)Ijon, (AB)Dan, (AC)Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in (AD)Tirzah.
22 (AE)Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built (AF)Geba of Benjamin, and (AG)Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But (AH)in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24 So Asa [g]rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. (AI)Then (AJ)Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
Nadab Reigns in Israel
25 Now (AK)Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in (AL)his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
27 (AM)Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at (AN)Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 29 And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to (AO)the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, 30 (AP)because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 (AQ)And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
Baasha Reigns in Israel
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. 34 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in (AR)the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 15:3 Lit. at peace with
- 1 Kings 15:6 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. Abijam
- 1 Kings 15:8 Died and joined his ancestors
- 1 Kings 15:12 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
- 1 Kings 15:13 A Canaanite goddess
- 1 Kings 15:14 Places for pagan worship
- 1 Kings 15:24 Died and joined his ancestors
1 Kings 15
King James Version
15 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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