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11 aAsa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did his father David.  
12 aAnd he banished the1 perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.  
13 Also he removed aMaachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of1 Asherah. And Asa cut down her obscene image and bburned it by the Brook Kidron.  
14 aBut the1 high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s bheart was loyal to the Lord all his days.  
15 He also brought into the house of the Lord the things which his father ahad 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 aBaasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built bRamah, cthat 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 aBen-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in bDamascus, 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 asent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked bIjon, cDan, dAbel 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 aTirzah.  
22 aThen 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 bGeba of Benjamin, and cMizpah.  
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 ain the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.  
24 So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. aThen bJehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.  

Nadab Reigns in Israel

25 Now aNadab 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 ahis sin by which he had made Israel sin.  
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1 Kings 15:13

He removed - He took from her either the name and authority of queen regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's wife, and Abijam's mother, took to herself during Asa's minority; or, the dignity of the queen mother, and those guards, or instruments of power, which she had enjoyed and misemployed. An Idol - Heb. a terror, or horror, that is, an horrible idol; which it may be so called, because it was of a more terrible shape than ordinary, and not to be seen without horror. Kidron - That when it was burnt to powder, it might be thrown into the water, and be unfit for any use.


 
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