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I Kings Chapter 15

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After the death of Ahaziah, his son Jehoram is crowned king of Israel, but his reign is marked by weakness and conflict. Jehu, a warrior from the tribe of Jehu, rises against the kings of Israel and Judah, kills the prophets and the royal family, and seizes the throne. The chapter concludes with Jehu’s victory and his ascension to the throne.

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(2) Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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I Kings 15:13II Chronicles 11:20II Chronicles 11:21II Chronicles 11:22II Chronicles 13:2

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I Kings 15:10Genesis 29:10II Chronicles 20:31Luke 12:53Genesis 36:2Genesis 36:39

(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.
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I Kings 14:21I Kings 14:22I Kings 3:14I Kings 11:4I Kings 11:33II Kings 20:3II Chronicles 25:2II Chronicles 31:20II Chronicles 31:21Psalms 119:80

(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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I Kings 11:12I Kings 11:32Genesis 12:2Genesis 19:29Genesis 26:5Deuteronomy 4:37II Samuel 7:12II Samuel 7:13II Samuel 7:14II Samuel 7:15II Samuel 7:16Isaiah 37:35

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I Kings 11:32II Kings 19:34II Kings 20:6Isaiah 37:35Isaiah 62:1

(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.
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I Kings 15:3I Kings 14:8II Kings 22:2II Chronicles 34:2Psalms 119:6Luke 1:6Acts 13:22Acts 13:36II Samuel 11:4II Samuel 11:15II Samuel 11:16II Samuel 11:17

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Ruth 4:1II Samuel 18:30Psalms 78:57II Samuel 11:6

(6) And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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I Kings 14:30

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I Kings 14:30I Kings 14:10II Chronicles 12:15

(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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I Kings 14:29II Chronicles 13:2II Chronicles 13:21II Chronicles 13:22II Chronicles 13:3II Chronicles 13:4II Chronicles 13:5II Chronicles 13:6II Chronicles 13:7II Chronicles 13:8II Chronicles 13:9II Chronicles 13:10

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I Kings 14:19II Kings 14:28I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

(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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I Kings 14:1I Kings 14:31II Chronicles 14:1I Chronicles 3:9Matthew 1:7Matthew 1:8

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I Kings 14:31I Kings 15:24II Chronicles 14:1I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:20I Kings 16:6

(9) And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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I Kings 2:11I Kings 14:20I Kings 15:25I Kings 15:29I Chronicles 29:27I Kings 14:10

(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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I Kings 15:2I Kings 15:13II Chronicles 11:20II Chronicles 11:21II Chronicles 13:2

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I Kings 15:2I Kings 2:11I Kings 14:21I Chronicles 29:27II Chronicles 12:13II Chronicles 22:2

(11) And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
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I Kings 15:3II Chronicles 14:2II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 15:17II Chronicles 16:7II Chronicles 16:8II Chronicles 16:9II Chronicles 16:10

(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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I Kings 14:24I Kings 22:46Romans 1:26Romans 1:27Jude 1:7I Kings 15:3I Kings 11:7I Kings 11:8I Kings 14:23II Chronicles 14:2II Chronicles 14:3II Chronicles 14:4

(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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I Kings 15:2I Kings 15:10II Chronicles 15:15II Chronicles 15:16II Chronicles 15:17II Chronicles 15:18II Chronicles 15:19Deuteronomy 13:6Deuteronomy 13:7Deuteronomy 13:8Deuteronomy 13:9Deuteronomy 13:10

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II Chronicles 15:16II Kings 23:6Luke 12:53I Corinthians 8:7

(14) But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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I Kings 22:43II Kings 12:3II Kings 14:4II Kings 15:4II Chronicles 14:3II Chronicles 14:5I Kings 15:3I Kings 8:61I Kings 11:4II Chronicles 15:17II Chronicles 15:18II Chronicles 16:9

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II Chronicles 15:17II Kings 15:4II Kings 15:35I Kings 22:43

(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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I Kings 7:51I Chronicles 26:26I Chronicles 26:27I Chronicles 26:28II Chronicles 14:13II Chronicles 15:18

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II Chronicles 15:18Judges 17:3II Samuel 8:10I Kings 7:51II Kings 12:13II Chronicles 24:14

(16) And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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I Kings 15:6I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:32I Kings 14:30II Chronicles 16:1II Chronicles 16:2II Chronicles 16:3II Chronicles 16:4II Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 16:6

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I Kings 15:32I Kings 15:22II Chronicles 16:1

(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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I Kings 15:27II Chronicles 16:1II Chronicles 16:2II Chronicles 16:3II Chronicles 16:4II Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 16:6I Kings 15:21Joshua 18:25I Samuel 15:34Jeremiah 31:15I Kings 12:27

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I Kings 15:22II Chronicles 16:1II Chronicles 16:6

(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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I Kings 15:15I Kings 14:26II Kings 12:18II Kings 18:15II Kings 18:16II Chronicles 15:18II Chronicles 16:2II Chronicles 16:3II Chronicles 16:4II Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 16:6I Kings 20:1

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II Chronicles 16:2I Kings 14:26II Kings 24:13II Chronicles 12:9II Chronicles 28:5II Kings 14:14

(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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II Chronicles 19:2Isaiah 31:1II Samuel 21:2II Chronicles 16:3Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Romans 1:31Romans 3:8

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II Chronicles 16:3Exodus 38:17Isaiah 14:25Lamentations 4:15Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(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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II Kings 15:29I Kings 12:29Genesis 14:14Judges 18:29II Samuel 20:14II Samuel 20:15Joshua 11:2Joshua 12:3

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II Chronicles 16:4Joshua 19:47Deuteronomy 1:15II Kings 10:25II Kings 15:29Zechariah 1:3

(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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II Chronicles 16:5I Kings 14:17I Kings 16:15I Kings 16:16I Kings 16:17I Kings 16:18Song of Solomon 6:4

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II Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 16:6

(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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II Chronicles 16:6Joshua 18:24Joshua 21:17Joshua 18:26I Samuel 7:5Jeremiah 40:6Jeremiah 40:10

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II Chronicles 16:6II Chronicles 16:1I Kings 15:17I Chronicles 29:2II Chronicles 15:2I Kings 7:10

(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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I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:8I Kings 14:29I Kings 14:30I Kings 14:31II Chronicles 16:12II Chronicles 16:13II Chronicles 16:14Psalms 90:10

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I Kings 22:39I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:31

(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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I Kings 22:41I Kings 22:42I Kings 22:43II Chronicles 17:1II Chronicles 17:2II Chronicles 17:3II Chronicles 17:4II Chronicles 17:5II Chronicles 17:6II Chronicles 17:7II Chronicles 17:8II Chronicles 17:9

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I Kings 15:8I Kings 22:50II Chronicles 14:1II Chronicles 21:1I Kings 11:43I Kings 14:20

(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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I Kings 14:12I Kings 14:20

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II Chronicles 3:2I Kings 14:21I Kings 16:23I Kings 16:29II Kings 14:23II Chronicles 12:13

(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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I Kings 16:7I Kings 16:25I Kings 16:30I Kings 12:28I Kings 12:29I Kings 12:30I Kings 12:31I Kings 12:32I Kings 12:33I Kings 13:33I Kings 13:34I Kings 15:30

(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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I Kings 15:16I Kings 15:17I Kings 14:14I Kings 16:9II Kings 12:20I Kings 16:15I Kings 16:17Joshua 19:44Joshua 21:23

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I Kings 16:15I Kings 16:12I Samuel 13:3II Samuel 8:1I Chronicles 18:1I Samuel 7:7

(28) Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
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Deuteronomy 32:35

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Revelation 8:12II Samuel 18:2I Kings 15:33Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12I Kings 14:20

(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:
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I Kings 14:9I Kings 14:10I Kings 14:11I Kings 14:12I Kings 14:13I Kings 14:14I Kings 14:15I Kings 14:16II Kings 9:7II Kings 9:8II Kings 9:9II Kings 9:10

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I Kings 14:10I Kings 14:2I Kings 14:20I Kings 11:29I Kings 11:40I Kings 12:2

(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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I Kings 15:26I Kings 14:9I Kings 14:10I Kings 14:11I Kings 14:12I Kings 14:13I Kings 14:14I Kings 14:15I Kings 14:16I Kings 14:22

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I Kings 21:22I Kings 16:13I Kings 16:26II Kings 23:26Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 32:16

(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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I Kings 14:19I Kings 16:5I Kings 16:14I Kings 16:20I Kings 16:27

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 16:5

(32) And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
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I Kings 15:16I Kings 15:22II Chronicles 16:1

(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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I Kings 16:8

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I Kings 16:8Revelation 8:12I Chronicles 27:5Ezekiel 48:16Revelation 4:4I Kings 16:23

(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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I Kings 15:26I Kings 12:28I Kings 12:29I Kings 13:33I Kings 13:34I Kings 14:16Isaiah 1:4

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I Kings 16:26I Kings 14:10

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