1 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
1 Kings 15 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντος Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ, βασιλεύει Ἀβιοὺ υἱὸς Ῥοβοὰμ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν·
1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
2 Καὶ τρία ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μααχὰ, θυγάτηρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
3 Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ αἷς ἐποίησεν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ τελεία μετὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἡ καρδία τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.
3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Ὅτι διὰ Δαυὶδ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ Κύριος κατάλειμμα, ἵνα στήσῃ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτὸν, καὶ στήσῃ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ·
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
5 ὡς ἐποίησε Δαυὶδ τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, οὐκ ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ πάντων ὧν ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ.
5 because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἀβιοὺ καὶ πάντα ἃ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα; καὶ πόλεμος ἦν ἀναμέσον Ἀβιοὺ καὶ ἀναμέσον Ἱεροβοάμ.
7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἀβιοὺ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ εἰκοστῷ καὶ τετάρτῳ ἔτει τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ, καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ· καὶ βασιλεύει Ἀσὰ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
8 Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
9 Ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τετάρτῳ καὶ εἰκοστῷ τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ, βασιλεύει Ἀσὰ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν·
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
10 Καὶ τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἓν ἔτος ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀνὰ, θυγάτηρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ.
10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἀσὰ τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, ὡς Δαυὶδ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.
11 Asa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.
12 Καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὰς τελετὰς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε πάντα τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἃ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ.
12 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 Καὶ τὴν Ἀνὰ τὴν μητέρα ἑαυτοῦ μετέστησε τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἡγουμένην, καθὼς ἐποίησε σύνοδον ἐν τῷ ἄλσει αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐξέκοψεν Ἀσὰ τὰς καταδύσεις αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐνέπρησε πυρὶ ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ τῶν Κέδρων.
13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
14 Τὰ δὲ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἐξῇρε· πλὴν ἡ καρδία Ἀσὰ ἦν τελεία μετὰ Κυρίου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτοῦ.
14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
15 Καὶ εἰσήνεγκε τοὺς κίονας τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς κίονας αὐτοῦ εἰσήνεγκεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἀργυροῦς καὶ χρυσοῦς, καὶ σκεύη.
15 He brought into Yahweh’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated: silver, gold, and utensils.
16 Καὶ πόλεμος ἦν ἀναμέσον Ἀσὰ καὶ ἀναμέσον Βαασὰ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν.
16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 Καὶ ἀνέβη Βαασὰ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Ῥαμὰ, τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ εἰσπορευόμενον τῷ Ἀσὰ βασιλεῖ Ἰούδα.
17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀσὰ σύμπαν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ εἰς χεῖρας παίδων αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσὰ πρὸς υἱὸν Ἄδερ υἱὸν Ταβερεμὰ υἱοῦ Ἀζὶν βασιλέως Συρίας τοῦ κατοικοῦντος ἐν Δαμασκῷ, λέγων,
18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
19 διάθου διαθήκην ἀναμέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀναμέσον σοῦ, καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ τοῦ πατρός σου· ἰδοὺ ἐξαπέσταλκά σοι δῶρα ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον· δεῦρο, διασκέδασον τὴν διαθήκην σου τὴν πρὸς Βαασὰ βασιλέα Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
19 “Let there be a treaty between me and you, like that between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
20 Καὶ ἤκουσεν υἱὸς Ἄδερ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀσά, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν δυνάμεων αὐτοῦ ταῖς πόλεσι τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὴν Ἀῒν, τὴν Δὰν, καὶ τὴν Ἀβὲλ οἴκου Μααχὰ, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Χεννερὲθ, ἕως πάσης τῆς γῆς Νεφθαλί.
20 Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσε Βαασὰ, καὶ διέλιπε τοῦ οἰκοδομεῖν τὴν Ῥαμὰ, καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν εἰς Θερσά.
21 When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22 Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσὰ παρήγγειλε παντὶ Ἰούδα εἰς ἐνακὶμ, καὶ αἴρουσι τοὺς λίθους τῆς Ῥαμὰ, καὶ τὰ ξύλα αὐτῆς ἃ ᾠκοδόμησε Βαασά· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀσὰ πᾶν βουνὸν Βενιαμὶν καὶ τὴν σκοπιάν.
22 Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἀσὰ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ ἣν ἐποίησε, καὶ τὰς πόλεις ἃς ᾠκοδόμησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐστὶν ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα; πλὴν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ γήρως αὐτοῦ ἐπόνεσε τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.
23 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they 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 Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἀσὰ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ βασιλεύει Ἰωσαφὰτ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
24 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
25 Καὶ Ναβὰτ υἱὸς Ἱεροβοὰμ βασιλεύει ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ἔτει δευτέρῳ τοῦ Ἀσὰ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἔτη δύο.
25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
26 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ αἷς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
26 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
27 Καὶ περιεκάθισεν αὐτὸν Βαασὰ υἱὸς Ἀχιὰ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Βελαὰν υἱοῦ Ἀχιὰ, καὶ ἐχάραξεν αὐτὸν ἐν Γαβαθὼν τῇ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· καὶ Ναβὰτ καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ περιεκάθητο ἐπὶ Γαβαθών.
27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
28 Καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν Βαασὰ ἐν ἔτει τρίτῳ τοῦ Ἀσὰ υἱοῦ Ἀσὰ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.
29 Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον Ἱεροβοὰμ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείπετο πᾶσαν πνοὴν τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ ἕως τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτὸν, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ δούλου αὐτοῦ Ἀχιὰ τοῦ Σηλωνίτου·
29 As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
30 περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν Ἱεροβοὰμ, ὅς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐν τῷ παροργισμῷ αὐτοῦ ᾧ παρώργισε τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
31 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ναβὰτ καὶ πάντα ἃ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐστὶν ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰσραήλ;
31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τρίτῳ τοῦ Ἀσὰ βασιλέως Ἰούδα βασιλεύει Βαασὰ υἱὸς Ἀχιὰ ἐπὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Θερσᾷ εἴκοσι καὶ τέσσαρα ἔτη.
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
34 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβὰτ καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
34 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abijah
Rehoboam's son who reigned briefly, warring against the northern kingdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:1-8; 2 Chron. 13; Matt. 1:7
Abishalom
Named as the father of Maacah, the mother of King Abijam.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:2; 1 Kings 15:10
Ahijah
Named as the father of Baasha, king of Israel, of the house of Issachar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Kings 21:22
Asa
A reforming king who tore down idols and trusted the LORD against vast armies.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chron. 14-16; Matt. 1:7-8
Baasha
Son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar, who killed Nadab at Gibbethon, destroyed Jeroboam's whole household, and reigned twenty-four years in Tirzah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 15:33
Ben-hadad
Son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, ruling in Damascus, whom Asa paid to break his treaty with Baasha; he then attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:2
Hezion
Named as the father of Tabrimmon and grandfather of Ben-hadad king of Aram.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:18
Maacah
Daughter of Abishalom and mother of King Abijam, whom Asa removed from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. 2 Chronicles 13:2 instead names…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:2; 1 Kings 15:10; 1 Kings 15:13
Nadab
Jeroboam's son, who reigned two years, did evil, and was struck down by Baasha at Gibbethon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 14:20; 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 15:27
Tabrimmon
Named as the father of Ben-hadad king of Aram and the son of Hezion.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:18
Cross references (31)
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- 1 2 Chronicles 13:1–22; 1 Kings 14:31
- 2 2 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20–22; 1 Kings 15:13
- 3 1 Kings 11:4; Psalm 119:80; 1 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 20:3; 1 Kings 11:33
- 4 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 1 Kings 11:32; Psalm 132:17; 1 Kings 11:12
- 5 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Samuel 11:15–17; 1 Kings 15:3; Psalm 51:1; 2 Chronicles 34:2
- 7 2 Chronicles 13:2–22; 1 Kings 14:29
- 8 2 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Chronicles 3:9; Matthew 1:7–8; 1 Kings 14:1
- 10 1 Kings 15:2; 2 Chronicles 11:20–21; 2 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Kings 15:13
- 11 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 1 Kings 15:3; 2 Chronicles 16:7–10
- 12 1 Kings 22:46; 1 Kings 14:23–24; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Kings 11:7–8; 2 Chronicles 14:2–5
- 13 Exodus 32:20; Galatians 2:14; Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 7:5; Galatians 2:5–6
- 14 1 Kings 22:43; 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 15:3; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Chronicles 15:17–18
- 15 1 Kings 7:51; 2 Chronicles 14:13; 1 Chronicles 26:26–28; 2 Chronicles 15:18
- 16 1 Kings 15:32; 2 Chronicles 16:1–6; 1 Kings 15:6–7; 1 Kings 14:30
- 17 1 Kings 12:27; 2 Chronicles 16:1–6; Joshua 18:25; 1 Kings 15:21–22; 1 Samuel 15:34
- 18 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 12:18; 1 Kings 15:15; 1 Kings 11:23–24; Genesis 14:15
- 19 Romans 1:31; 2 Chronicles 16:7; Romans 3:8; Isaiah 31:1; Ezekiel 17:13–16
- 20 2 Kings 15:29; Judges 18:29; Joshua 11:2; 1 Kings 12:29; 2 Samuel 20:14–15
- 21 1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 16:15–18; 2 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Kings 15:17; Song of Songs 6:4
- 22 Joshua 21:17; Joshua 18:24; 2 Chronicles 16:6; Joshua 18:26; 1 Samuel 7:5
- 23 1 Kings 15:7–8; Psalm 90:10; 2 Chronicles 16:11–14; 1 Kings 14:29–31
- 24 Matthew 1:8; 1 Kings 22:41–43; 2 Chronicles 17:1–9
- 25 1 Kings 14:20; 1 Kings 14:12
- 26 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 12:28–33; 1 Kings 13:33–34
- 27 Joshua 19:44; Joshua 21:23; 1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:9
- 28 Deuteronomy 32:35
- 29 1 Kings 14:9–16; 2 Kings 19:25; 2 Kings 9:7–10; 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 9:36–37
- 30 1 Kings 15:26; 1 Kings 14:22; 1 Kings 14:9–16
- 31 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 16:27; 1 Kings 16:14; 1 Kings 16:20; 1 Kings 16:5
- 33 1 Kings 16:8
- 34 1 Kings 15:26; 1 Kings 12:28–29; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 13:33–34; Isaiah 1:4
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