1 In year 18 of King Jeroboam, Abijam became king of Judah. 2 Abijam was king for 3 years in Jerusalem. His mom was Maacah. ️ 3 Abijam did wrong like his dad. He did not love God with all his heart like David did. 4 But God was kind to David’s family. God kept a light for David’s house. God let Abijam have a son who would be king in Jerusalem. ️ 5 David obeyed God most of the time. He did bad with Uriah. ✅❌ 6 Rehoboam and Jeroboam had war all the time. ⚔️ 7 Abijam did many things. He and Jeroboam also had war. ⚔️ 8 Abijam died and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king. ⚰️➡️ 9 In year 20 of Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah. 10 Asa was king 41 years in Jerusalem. His mom was Maacah. ⏳️ 11 Asa did what was right. He was like David. ✅ 12 Asa stopped bad sin men. He took away fake god statues. 13 Asa took his mom Maacah away from queen mom. She made a bad pole for a fake god. Asa cut it down and burned it by the Kidron stream. 14 Asa did not take away the hill god places. But Asa loved God with all his heart all his life. ⛰️❤️ 15 Asa brought silver and gold and things to God’s house. 16 Asa and Baasha king of Israel had war all the time. ⚔️ 17 Baasha came to Judah. He built at Ramah to stop people from going in or out near Asa. 18 Asa took silver and gold from God’s house and the king’s house. He sent it to King Ben-Hadad of Syria in Damascus. He sent a message. ➡️ 19 Asa said, “Be my friend. I sent silver and gold. Stop being friend with Baasha. Make him go away from me.” 20 Ben-Hadad listened. He sent his army to Israel’s towns. They hit Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinneroth, and all Naphtali. ️⚔️ 21 Baasha heard this. He stopped building at Ramah and went to Tirzah. 22 Asa told all Judah to help. No one could say no. They took the stones and wood from Ramah. Asa used them to build Geba and Mizpah. ➡️️ 23 Asa did many strong things and built cities. When he was old, his feet were very sick. ️ 24 Asa died and was buried with his family in the city of David. His son Jehoshaphat became king. ⚰️➡️ 25 Nadab, Jeroboam’s son, became king of Israel in year 2 of Asa. He was king 2 years. ⏳ 26 Nadab did bad like his dad. He led Israel to sin. ❌➡️ 27 Baasha made a plan against Nadab. Baasha killed him at Gibbethon when Israel was at war with the Philistines. ️ 28 In year 3 of Asa, Baasha killed Nadab and became king. ⚔️ 29 When Baasha was king, he killed all of Jeroboam’s family. He left no one alive. This was like God’s word said by Ahijah. ️ 30 This happened because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin. He made God very angry. 31 Nadab did many things. They are written in a book. 32 Asa and Baasha had war all the time. ⚔️ 33 In year 3 of Asa, Baasha became king over all Israel in Tirzah. He was king 24 years. ️ 34 Baasha did bad like Jeroboam. He did the same sins. ❌