Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

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Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.

and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.

Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,

Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa.

Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa.

and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;

Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, followed by Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,Amon his son, Josiah his son.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the LORD’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.King 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.Asa 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:“ 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.”Ben 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.When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.King 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.The 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.

After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD.

( 13: 23) Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign the land had rest for ten years.( 14: 1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.He ordered Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands.He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the LORD gave him peace.He said to the people of Judah:“ Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.Asa prayed to the LORD his God:“ O LORD, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O LORD our God, don’t let men prevail against you!”The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; they were shattered before the LORD and his army. The men of Judah carried off a huge amount of plunder.They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the LORD caused them to panic. The men of Judah looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,“ Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”He said to them,“ Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“ How do you advise me to answer these people?”They said to him,“ Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.He asked them,“ How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘ Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“ Say this to these people who have said to you,‘ Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ Say this to them:‘ I am a lot harsher than my father!My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“ Return to me on the third day.”The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older menand followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“ My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“ We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.( Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.But God told Shemaiah the prophet,“ Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,‘ The LORD says this:“ Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the LORD and went home as the LORD had ordered them to do.

Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.