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First Book of Kings, Chapter 15

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1 Kings 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Kings 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of 1 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
  2. He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [a]2Maacah the daughter of [b]3Abishalom.
  3. He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and 4his heart was not [c]wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David.
  4. But for David’s sake the LORD his God gave him a 5lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
  5. 6because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, 7except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
  6. 8There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
  7. ¶ Now 9the 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? 10And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  8. 11And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.
  9. ¶ So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.
  10. He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and 12his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
  11. 13Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.
  12. 14He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and 15removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
  13. [d]16He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image [e]as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and 17burned it at the brook Kidron.
  14. 18But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless 19the heart of Asa was [f]wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.
  15. 20He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.
  16. 21Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
  17. 22Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and [g]23fortified Ramah 24in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.
  18. Then 25Asa took all the silver and the gold which were 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 26King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in 27Damascus, saying,
  19. “Let there be a 28treaty between [h]you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.”
  20. So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and [i]conquered 29Ijon, 30Dan, 31Abel-beth-maacah and all 32Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.
  21. When Baasha heard of it, 33he ceased [j]fortifying Ramah and remained in 34Tirzah.
  22. Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah—none was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. And King Asa built with them 35Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
  23. 36Now 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? But 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 37Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
  25. ¶ Now 38Nadab 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. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 39walked in the way of his father and 40in his sin which he made Israel sin.
  27. Then 41Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at 42Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
  28. ¶ So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.
  29. It came about as soon as he was king, he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam [k]any persons alive, until he had destroyed them, 43according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
  30. and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and 44which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
  31. 45Now 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. 46There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
  33. ¶ In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.
  34. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 47walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ In 2 Chr 13:2, Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel
  2. ^ In 2 Chr 11:20, Absalom
  3. ^ Lit complete with
  4. ^ Lit also Maacah his mother and he removed her
  5. ^ Or for Asherah
  6. ^ Lit complete with
  7. ^ Lit built
  8. ^ Lit me and you
  9. ^ Lit smote
  10. ^ Lit building
  11. ^ Lit any breath

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ch 13:1
  2. ^ 2Ch 13:2
  3. ^ 2Ch 11:21
  4. ^ 1Ki 11:4; Ps 119:80
  5. ^ 2Sa 21:17; 1Ki 11:36; 2Ch 21:7
  6. ^ 1Ki 9:4; 14:8; Lu 1:6
  7. ^ 2Sa 11:3f, 15-17; 12:9, 10
  8. ^ 1Ki 14:30; 2Ch 12:15-13:20
  9. ^ 2Ch 13:2, 21, 22
  10. ^ 2Ch 13:3-20
  11. ^ 2Ch 14:1
  12. ^ 1Ki 15:2
  13. ^ 2Ch 14:2
  14. ^ De 23:17; 1Ki 14:24; 22:46
  15. ^ 1Ki 11:7, 8; 14:23; 2Ch 14:2-5
  16. ^ 2Ch 15:16-18
  17. ^ Ex 32:20
  18. ^ 1Ki 22:43; 2Ki 12:3
  19. ^ 1Ki 8:61; 15:3
  20. ^ 1Ki 7:51
  21. ^ 1Ki 15:32
  22. ^ 2Ch 16:1-6
  23. ^ Jos 18:25; 1Ki 15:21, 22
  24. ^ 1Ki 12:26-29
  25. ^ 1Ki 14:26; 15:15
  26. ^ 2Ki 12:17, 18; 2Ch 16:2
  27. ^ Ge 14:15; 1Ki 11:23, 24
  28. ^ 2Ch 16:7
  29. ^ 2Ki 15:29
  30. ^ Jg 18:29; 1Ki 12:29
  31. ^ 2Sa 20:15; 2Ki 15:29
  32. ^ Jos 11:2; 12:3
  33. ^ 1Ki 15:17
  34. ^ 1Ki 14:17; 16:15-18
  35. ^ Jos 18:24; 21:17
  36. ^ 2Ch 16:11-14
  37. ^ 1Ki 22:41-44; 2Ch 17:1; Mt 1:8
  38. ^ 1Ki 14:20
  39. ^ 1Ki 12:28-33; 13:33, 34
  40. ^ 1Ki 14:16; 15:30, 34
  41. ^ 1Ki 14:14
  42. ^ Jos 19:44; 21:23; 1Ki 16:15
  43. ^ 1Ki 14:9-16
  44. ^ 1Ki 15:26
  45. ^ 1Ki 14:19
  46. ^ 1Ki 15:16
  47. ^ 1Ki 15:26

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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