1 Kings 15

New International Reader’s Version

from Biblica
1 Abijah became king of Judah. It was in the 18th year of Jeroboam’s rule over Israel. Jeroboam was the son of Nebat.2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother’s name was Maakah. She was Abishalom’s daughter.3 Abijah committed all the sins his father had committed before him. Abijah didn’t obey the LORD his God with all his heart. He didn’t do what King David had done.4 But the LORD still kept the lamp of Abijah’s kingdom burning brightly in Jerusalem. He did it by giving him a son to be the next king after him. He also did it by making Jerusalem strong. The LORD did those things because of David.5 David had done what was right in the sight of the LORD. He had kept all the LORD’s commands. He had obeyed them all the days of his life. But he hadn’t obeyed the LORD in the case of Uriah, the Hittite.6 There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam all through Abijah’s life.7 The other events of Abijah’s rule are written down. Everything he did is written down. All these things are written in the official records of the kings of Judah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.8 Abijah joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Abijah’s son Asa became the next king after him.9 Asa became king of Judah. It was in the 20th year that Jeroboam was king of Israel.10 Asa ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah. She was Abishalom’s daughter.11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD. That’s what King David had done.12 Asa threw out of the land the male prostitutes who were at the temples. He got rid of all the statues of gods made by his people of long ago.13 He even removed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother. That’s because she had made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. The LORD hated it. So Asa cut it down. He burned it in the Kidron Valley.14 Asa didn’t remove the high places from Israel. But he committed his whole life completely to the LORD.15 He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other things to the LORD. Asa brought them into the LORD’s temple.16 There was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel. It lasted the whole time they were kings.17 Baasha was king of Israel. He marched out against Judah. Baasha built up the walls of Ramah. He did it to keep people from leaving or entering the territory of Asa, the king of Judah.18 Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the LORD’s temple and his own palace. He put his officials in charge of it. He sent the officials to Ben-Hadad. Ben-Hadad was king of Aram. He was ruling in Damascus. He was the son of Tabrimmon and the grandson of Hezion.19 ‘Let’s make a peace treaty between us,’ Asa said. ‘My father and your father had made a peace treaty between them. Now I’m sending you a gift of silver and gold. So break your treaty with Baasha, the king of Israel. Then he’ll go back home.’20 Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa. He sent his army commanders against the towns of Israel. He captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maakah and the whole area of Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.21 Baasha heard about it. So he stopped building up Ramah. He went back home to Tirzah.22 Then King Asa gave an order to all the men of Judah. Everyone was required to help. They carried away from Ramah the stones and wood Baasha had been using there. King Asa used them to build up Geba in the territory of Benjamin. He also used them to build up Mizpah.23 All the other events of Asa’s rule are written down, including the cities he built. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah. But when Asa became old, his feet began to give him trouble.24 He joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his family tomb. It was in the city of King David. Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the next king after him.25 Nadab became king of Israel. It was in the second year that Asa was king of Judah. Nadab ruled over Israel for two years. He was the son of Jeroboam.26 Nadab did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He lived the way his father had lived. He committed the same sin his father Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.27 Baasha was from the tribe of Issachar. He was the son of Ahijah. Baasha made plans against Nadab and struck him down at Gibbethon. It was a Philistine town. Baasha struck him down while Nadab and all the men of Israel were getting ready to attack Gibbethon.28 He killed Nadab in the third year that Asa was king of Judah. Baasha became the next king after Nadab.29 As soon as Baasha became king, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family. He didn’t leave any of them alive. He destroyed every one of them. He did what the LORD had said would happen. The LORD had spoken that message through his servant Ahijah from Shiloh.30 The LORD judged Jeroboam’s family because of the sins Jeroboam had committed. He had also caused Israel to commit those same sins. He had made the LORD very angry. The LORD is the God of Israel.31 The other events of Nadab’s rule are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.32 There was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel. It lasted the whole time they were kings.33 Baasha became king of Israel in Tirzah. It was in the third year that Asa was king of Judah. Baasha ruled for 24 years. He was the son of Ahijah.34 Baasha did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He lived the way Jeroboam had lived. He committed the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

1 Kings 15

Kutsal Kitap Yeni Çeviri

from Turkish Bible Society
1 Nevat oğlu İsrail Kralı Yarovam'ın krallığının on sekizinci yılında Aviyam Yahuda Kralı oldu. (2Ch 13:1; 2Ch 14:1)2 Yeruşalim'de üç yıl krallık yaptı. Annesi Avşalom'un kızı Maaka'ydı.3 Babasının kendisinden önce işlemiş olduğu bütün günahlara Aviyam da katıldı. Bütün yüreğini Tanrısı RAB'be adayan atası Davut gibi değildi.4 Buna karşın Tanrısı RAB, Davut'un hatırına Yeruşalim'i güçlendirmek için kendisinden sonra oğlunu kral atayarak ona Yeruşalim'de bir ışık verdi.5 Çünkü RAB'bin gözünde doğru olanı yapan Davut, Hititli Uriya olayı dışında, yaşamı boyunca RAB'bin buyruklarının hiçbirinden sapmamıştı.6 Rehavam'la Yarovam arasındaki savaş Aviyam'ın yaşamı boyunca sürüp gitti.7 Aviyam'ın krallığı dönemindeki öteki olaylar ve bütün yaptıkları Yahuda krallarının tarihinde yazılıdır. Aviyam'la Yarovam arasındaki savaş sürüp gitti.8 Aviyam ölüp atalarına kavuşunca, Davut Kenti'nde gömüldü, yerine oğlu Asa kral oldu.9 İsrail Kralı Yarovam'ın krallığının yirminci yılında Asa Yahuda Kralı oldu. (2Ch 15:16; 2Ch 16:1)10 Yeruşalim'de kırk bir yıl krallık yaptı. Büyükannesi Avşalom'un kızı Maaka'ydı.11 Atası Davut gibi RAB'bin gözünde doğru olanı yapan Asa,12 putperest törenlerinde fuhuş yapan kadın ve erkekleri ülkeden kovdu. Atalarının yapmış olduğu bütün putları yok etti.13 Kral Asa annesi Maaka'nın kraliçeliğini elinden aldı. Çünkü o Aşera için iğrenç bir put yaptırmıştı. Asa bu iğrenç putu kesip Kidron Vadisi'nde yaktı.14 Ancak puta tapılan yerleri kaldırmadı. Ama yaşamı boyunca yüreğini RAB'be adadı.15 Babasının ve kendisinin adadığı altını, gümüşü ve eşyaları RAB'bin Tapınağı'na getirdi.16 Asa'yla İsrail Kralı Baaşa arasındaki savaş yaşamları boyunca sürüp gitti.17 İsrail Kralı Baaşa Yahuda'ya saldırmaya hazırlanıyordu. Yahuda Kralı Asa'nın topraklarına giriş çıkışı engellemek amacıyla, Rama Kenti'ni güçlendirmeye başladı.18 Bunun üzerine Asa, Şam'da oturan Hezyon oğlu Tavrimmon oğlu Aram Kralı Ben-Hadat'a, RAB'bin Tapınağı'nın ve sarayın hazinelerindeki bütün altın ve gümüşü görevlileri aracılığıyla şu haberle birlikte gönderdi:19 ‹‹Babamla baban arasında olduğu gibi seninle benim aramızda da bir antlaşma olsun. Sana armağan olarak gönderdiğim bu altınlara, gümüşlere karşılık, sen de İsrail Kralı Baaşa ile yaptığın antlaşmayı boz, topraklarımdan askerlerini çeksin.››20 Kral Asa'nın önerisini kabul eden Ben-Hadat, komutanlarını İsrail kentlerinin üzerine gönderdi. İyon'u, Dan'ı, Avel-Beytmaaka'yı ve bütün Naftali bölgesiyle birlikte Kinrot'u ele geçirdi.21 Baaşa bunu duyunca Rama'nın yapımını durdurup Tirsa'ya çekildi.22 Kral Asa istisnasız bütün Yahudalılar'ı kapsayan bir çağrı yaptı. Baaşa'nın Rama'nın yapımında kullandığı taşlarla keresteleri alıp götürdüler. Kral Asa bunlarla Benyamin bölgesindeki Geva ve Mispa kentlerini onardı.23-24 Asa'nın krallığı dönemindeki öteki olaylar, başarıları, bütün yaptıkları ve kurduğu kentler Yahuda krallarının tarihinde yazılıdır. Yaşlılığında ayaklarından hastalanan Asa, ölüp atalarına kavuşunca, atası Davut'un Kenti'nde atalarının yanına gömüldü; yerine oğlu Yehoşafat kral oldu.25 Yahuda Kralı Asa'nın krallığının ikinci yılında Yarovam oğlu Nadav İsrail Kralı oldu ve İsrail'de iki yıl krallık yaptı.26 O da RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı. Babasının yolunu izledi ve babasının İsrail'i sürüklediği günahlara katıldı.27 Nadav ve İsrail ordusu Filistliler'in Gibbeton Kenti'ni kuşatırken, İssakar oymağından Ahiya oğlu Baaşa, Nadav'a düzen kurup onu Gibbeton'da öldürdü.28 Yahuda Kralı Asa'nın krallığının üçüncü yılında Nadav'ı öldüren Baaşa, onun yerine kral oldu.29 Baaşa kral olur olmaz, Yarovam'ın bütün ailesini ortadan kaldırdı. RAB'bin, kulu Şilolu Ahiya aracılığıyla söylediği söz uyarınca, Yarovam'ın bütün ailesi yok edildi; sağ kalan olmadı.30 Bütün bunlar İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB'bi öfkelendiren Yarovam'ın işlediği ve İsrail'i sürüklediği günahlar yüzünden oldu.31 Nadav'ın krallığı dönemindeki öteki olaylar ve bütün yaptıkları İsrail krallarının tarihinde yazılıdır.32 Yahuda Kralı Asa ile İsrail Kralı Baaşa arasındaki savaş yaşamları boyunca sürüp gitti.33 Yahuda Kralı Asa'nın krallığının üçüncü yılında Ahiya oğlu Baaşa Tirsa'da bütün İsrail'in Kralı oldu ve yirmi dört yıl krallık yaptı.34 Baaşa, RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı. Yarovam'ın yolunu izledi ve onun İsrail'i sürüklediği günahlara katıldı.