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ユダの王アビヤム
1-2アビヤムがエルサレムでユダ（南王国）の王となり、その三年間の治世が始まったのは、イスラエル（北王国）でのヤロブアム王の治世第十八年のことです。アビヤムの母マアカはアブシャロムの娘です。 3アビヤムは、ダビデのようには主の前に正しくなく、父レハブアムに負けないほど大きな罪を犯しました。 4しかし、その罪にもかかわらず、主はダビデの忠誠心を覚えていて、ダビデ王朝の家系を絶やすようなことはしませんでした。 5それは、ダビデ王が全生涯を通じて（ヘテ人ウリヤのこと以外は）主に従ったからです。 6アビヤムが王の間、イスラエルとユダの間には戦争が絶えませんでした。
7アビヤムのその他の業績は、『ユダ諸王の年代記』に記録されています。 8アビヤムが死んでエルサレムに葬られると、彼の息子アサが王位につきました。
ユダの王アサ
9アサは、イスラエルのヤロブアム王の第二十年にエルサレムでユダの王となり、 10四十一年の間、治めました。王の祖母マアカはアブシャロムの娘でした。 11アサ王は先祖ダビデのように、主に喜ばれる生活を送りました。 12神殿男娼を追放し、先祖たちが造った偶像をみな取り除きました。 13祖母マアカをも、偶像を造った罪で、王母の地位から退けました。アサ王はこの偶像を切り倒し、キデロン川で焼きました。 14しかし、丘の上の礼拝所だけはそのままになっていました。それが悪いことだと気づかなかったのです。王の心は一生涯、主とともにあり、 15祖父が献納した青銅の盾を、自分が献納した金や銀の器とともに神殿の中にいつも飾っていました。
16ユダの王アサとイスラエルの王バシャとの間には、絶えず戦争がありました。 17バシャ王は、エルサレムに通じる交易ルートを遮断しようと、ラマに大きな要塞の町を築きました。 18困ったアサ王は、神殿や宮殿の宝物倉に残っていた金銀を全部持たせて、ダマスコに住むシリヤの王ベン・ハダデ（一世）のところへ使いを送りました。 19「父同士がそうしたように、同盟を結びましょう。どうか、この贈り物を納めて、すぐさま、イスラエルのバシャとの同盟を破棄し、彼が私に手出しできなくなるようにしてください。」
20ベン・ハダデはこの申し入れを受諾し、軍隊をイスラエルの町々に差し向けて、イヨン、ダン、アベル・ベテ・マアカ、キネレテ全地方、ナフタリの地のすべての町を滅ぼしました。 21シリヤ軍襲来の報を受け、あわてたバシャ王は、要塞を建てかけのままにしてティルツァに戻りました。 22アサ王はユダ全国に布告を出し、健康な男子に、ラマの要塞を壊し、石材や木材を運び出すよう命じました。アサ王はこの石材や木材を使って、ベニヤミンのゲバの町とミツパの町を建てました。
23アサ王のその他の業績や王の建てた町々の名前については、『ユダ諸王の年代記』に記録されています。王は年をとってから足の病気にかかりました。 24死後エルサレムの王室墓地に葬られ、息子ヨシャパテがユダの新しい王になりました。
イスラエルの王ナダブ
25その間、イスラエルでは、ヤロブアムの子ナダブが王になっていました。彼はユダの王アサが即位して二年後に王となり、在位期間は二年でした。 26彼は主の前に悪を行い、父と同じように多くの偶像を拝み、イスラエルを罪に誘い込みました。 27それで、イッサカル族出身のアヒヤの子バシャが謀反を企て、イスラエル軍を率いて、ペリシテ人の町ギベトンを包囲していた王を暗殺したのです。 28こうしてバシャが、ユダの王アサの第三年に、ナダブに代わってティルツァでイスラエルの王となりました。 29バシャは王位につくと、すぐさまヤロブアム王の子孫を根絶やしにしました。主がシロ出身の預言者アヒヤによってお語りになったとおりです。 30こうなったのもみな、ヤロブアムが罪を犯し、イスラエルを罪に誘って、主を怒らせたからにほかなりません。 31バシャのことは、『イスラエル諸王の年代記』にくわしく記録されています。
イスラエルの王バシャ
32-33ユダの王アサとイスラエルの王バシャとの間には、戦争が絶えませんでした。バシャは二十四年間、イスラエルを治めました。 34しかし、主には従わず、ヤロブアム王の残した悪の道を歩み、イスラエルの民を偶像礼拝の罪に導いたのです。
Abijah king of Judah
1In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah15:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts Abijam; also in verses 7 and 8 became king of Judah, 2and he reigned in Jerusalem for three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.15:2 A variant of Absalom; also in verse 10
3He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. 4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. 5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life – except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
6There was war between Abijah15:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Abijam (that is, Abijah); most Hebrew manuscripts Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime. 7As for the other events of Abijah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 8And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.
Asa king of Judah
9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, 10and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
11Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done. 12He expelled the male shrine-prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made. 13He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 14Although he did not remove the high places, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life. 15He brought into the temple of the Lord the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. 17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
18Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. 19‘Let there be a treaty between me and you,’ he said, ‘as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.’
20Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali. 21When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah. 22Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah – no-one was exempt – and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.
23As for all the other events of Asa’s reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased. 24Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.
Nadab king of Israel
25Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years. 26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of his father and committing the same sin his father had caused Israel to commit.
27Baasha son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it. 28Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
29As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel.
31As for the other events of Nadab’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
Baasha king of Israel
33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned for twenty-four years. 34He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
