1. Kongebog 15 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Abija som konge over Juda

1 Abija kom til magten i Juda i kong Jeroboam af Israels 18. regeringsår, 2 og han regerede i Jerusalem i tre år.^[1] Hans mor hed Ma’aka og var barnebarn^[2] af Absalom. (2.Krøn 13,2) 3 Han syndede nøjagtig som sine forgængere, for han var ikke af hjertet overgivet til Herren, sådan som David var. 4 Men for Davids skyld gav Herren ham alligevel en søn, der kunne overtage tronen i Juda og lade Jerusalem bestå. 5 For David havde adlydt Gud livet igennem, bortset fra affæren med hittitten Urias. 6 Under hele sin opvækst oplevede Abija ikke andet end fjendtligheder mellem Jeroboam og Rehabeam, 7 og da han selv blev konge, brød krigen ud for alvor. Resten af Abijas bedrifter er nedskrevet i Judas kongers krønikebog. 8 Da han døde, blev han begravet i familiegravstedet i Davidsbyen, og hans søn Asa overtog tronen efter ham.

Asa som konge over Juda

9 Asa blev konge over Juda i kong Jeroboam af Israels 20. regeringsår, 10 og han regerede i Jerusalem i 41 år. Hans „mor”^[3] hed Ma’aka og var barnebarn af Absalom. (2.Krøn 11,20) 11 Asa gjorde, hvad der var godt i Herrens øjne—ligesom hans forfar David. 12 Han landsforviste de mandlige og kvindelige prostituerede, som holdt til ved offerstederne på højene, og han fjernede alle de afgudsstøtter, som hans forfædre havde opstillet der. 13 Han fratog tilmed Ma’aka hendes privilegier som enkedronning, fordi hun havde ladet opstille et modbydeligt frugtbarhedssymbol for gudinden Ashera. Han huggede afgudsbilledet i stykker og brændte det i Kedrondalen. 14 Det lykkedes ham ikke at udrydde alle offerhøjene i landet, men ønsket om at gøre Herrens vilje kendetegnede hele hans liv. 15 I templet samlede han alle de kostbarheder, som hans far havde indviet til Herren, sammen med de sølv- og guldkar, han selv skænkede.

Israel optrapper krigen med Juda

16 Kong Asa af Juda lå i konstant krig med Israel i hele sin regeringsperiode, og situationen forværredes, da Basha blev konge i Israel. 17 Kong Basha drog straks i krig mod Juda. Han indtog og befæstede byen Rama i grænseområdet mellem de to riger og blokerede dermed de vigtigste handelsveje til og fra Judas rige. 18 Da tog kong Asa alt det guld og sølv, der var tilbage i Herrens hus og kongepaladset og befalede nogle af sine mænd at bringe det til den aramæiske konge, Ben-Hadad, som havde residens i Damaskus (han var søn af Tabrimmon, som var søn af Hezjon). De overbragte samtidig følgende besked fra kong Asa: 19 „Jeg sender dig hermed en gave af sølv og guld. Lad os slutte pagt med hinanden, som vores fædre gjorde. Jeg beder dig om at opsige din pagt med kong Basha af Israel. Så vil han forhåbentlig opgive blokaden af mit land.” 20 Ben-Hadad gik nu med til at sende sin hær mod en række af Israels byer, og han indtog Ijjon, Dan, Abel-Bet-Ma’aka, området omkring Galilæasøen og samtlige byer i Naftalis land. 21 Da kong Basha fik det at vide, indstillede han arbejdet med at befæste Rama og trak sig tilbage til hovedstaden, Tirtza. 22 Derefter sendte kong Asa en bekendtgørelse ud i hele Juda med en opfordring til alle, der kunne krybe og gå, om at være med til at nedbryde Ramas fæstningsværker, så både stenene og tømmeret kunne genbruges andre steder. Det blev så brugt til at befæste de strategiske byer Geba i Benjamins land og Mitzpa. 23 Resten af Asas bedrifter, hans erobringer og de byer, han befæstede, kan man læse om i Judas kongers krønikebog. På sine gamle dage fik han en alvorlig sygdom i benene. 24 Efter sin død blev han begravet i Davidsbyen, hvor de andre konger lå begravet, og hans søn Joshafat efterfulgte ham som konge i Juda.

Nadab som konge over Israel

25 I mellemtiden var Jeroboams søn Nadab blevet konge i Israel. Det skete i kong Asa af Judas andet regeringsår, og han regerede to år.^[4] 26 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne, for han fulgte i sin fars fodspor og fortsatte den afgudsdyrkelse, hans far havde indført.

Basha som konge i Israel

27-31 Basha, som var søn af Ahija af Issakars stamme, lavede en sammensværgelse imod ham og myrdede ham under belejringen af filisterbyen Gibbeton. De øvrige enkeltheder om Nadab og hans bedrifter er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. Da Basha havde dræbt kong Nadab, tog han selv magten i Israel. Det skete i kong Asa af Judas tredje regeringsår. Han dræbte straks alle kong Jeroboams efterkommere og udryddede dermed kongefamilien, sådan som Herren havde forudsagt gennem profeten Ahija fra Shilo, for Jeroboam havde jo fremkaldt Herrens, Israels Guds, vrede ved at synde og lede resten af Israels folk ud i synd. 32 Kong Asa af Juda og kong Basha af Israel lå i konstant krig med hinanden. 33 Basha blev som sagt konge i Asas tredje regeringsår, og han regerede i 24 år ud fra Tirtza. 34 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne ved at fortsætte med den afgudsdyrkelse, som Jeroboam havde indført i Israel.

King James Version

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 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. 4 Nevertheless for David' sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 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. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 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. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 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. 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa' heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 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. 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 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. 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' 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, 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. 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. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof , that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 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: 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. 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? 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 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. 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.