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1 Kings 15
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam
over Judah.
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 (15:1-2)
"His mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
Who Abijam's mother?
How were Abijam and Asa related?
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| 15:2
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the
daughter of Abishalom.
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| 15:3
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. |
"And his heart was not perfect with the
Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father."
David, a man after God's own
heart (WWDD?)
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| 15:4
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:
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| 15:5
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. |
David never sinned, "save only in the
matter of Uriah the Hittite." But didn't
David sin by numbering the people? (2 Sam.24:10)
Did David sin?
David, a man after God's own
heart (WWDD?)
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| 15:6
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. |
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| 15:7
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. |
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| 15:8
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. |
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| 15:9
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over
Judah. |
 (15:9-10)
Did Abijam marry his own mother?
Since Asa's father was Abijam and they had the same mother (Maachah), Abijam was both father and
brother to Asa.
How were Abijam and Asa related?
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| 15:10
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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| 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD,
as did David his father.
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(15:11-12)
"He took away the sodomites out of the land."
Asa "did that which was right in the eyes
of the LORD" by expelling homosexuals (or "sodomites", as the good book calls them).
How should homosexuals be treated?
"Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, As did David his father"
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| 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols
that his fathers had made.
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| 15:13
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.
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| 15:14
But the high
places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect
with the LORD all his days. |
Did Asa remove the high places?
Was Asa perfect?
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| 15:15
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. |
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| 15:16
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. |
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| 15:17
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. |
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| 15:18
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, |
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| 15:19
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. |
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| 15:20
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. |
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| 15:21
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building
of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. |
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| 15:22
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. |
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| 15:23
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. |
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| 15:24
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. |
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| 15:25
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. |
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| 15:26
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. |
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| 15:27
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. |
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| 15:28
Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and
reigned in his stead. |
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| 15:29
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: |
Baasha kills "all of the house of
Jeroboam" leaving none "to breath." This slaughter was done
"according to the saying of the Lord."
How many has God killed?
(Complete list and estimated total)
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| 15:30
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.
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| 15:31
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? |
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| 15:32
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. |
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| 15:33
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. |
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| 15:34
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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