Day 175, 24 June 2026



1) 1 Kings 15:1-5 , 2 Chronicles 13 , 1 Kings 15:6-8, 2 Chronicles 14:1-8,

1 Kings 15:9-15, 1 Kings 15:16-22, 1 Kings 15:23-24 , 2 Chronicles 14:9-15 ,

2 Chronicles 15, 2 Chronicles 16:1-10, 2 Chronicles 16:11-14



1 Kings 15

Abijah, King of Judah



2 Ch 13:1-2; 13:22-14:1



1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

Abijah became king over Judah.

2 (2Ch 13:2) He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name

was Maakah, the daughter of Abishalom.

3 (1Ki 11:4; Ps 119:80) He walked in all the sins of his father that he had

done before him, and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God

as the heart of his father David had been.

4 (1Ki 11:36; 2Ch 21:7) Nevertheless, for David's sake, the Lord his God gave

him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him

and to establish Jerusalem,

5 (1Ki 14:8; 2Sa 11:15-17) because David did that which was right in the eyes

of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him

all the days of his life, except in the matter involving Uriah the Hittite.



Abijah

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's 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's 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.



2 Chronicles 13



Abijah, King of Judah



1Ki 15:1-8



1 (2Ch 12:16) In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam,

Abijah became king of Judah.

2 (2Ch 11:20; 1Ki 15:6-7) He reigned for three years in Judah,

and his mother's name was Micaiah, [2Ki 8:26 reads twenty-two years.]

the granddaughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

And there was a war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah set the battle in order with an army of valiant men of war,

400 000 choice men. Jeroboam also drew up battle lines against him

with an army of eight hundred thousand men, mighty men of valor.

4 (Jos 18:22) Then Abijah went up to Mount Zemaraim that is

in the hills of Ephraim, and he said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

5 (Lev 2:13; Nu 18:19) Do you all not know that the Lord God of Israel

has perpetually given the kingdom of Israel to David,

even to him and to his sons with a covenant of salt?

6 (1Ki 11:26; 12:20) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon

son of David, stood up and rebelled against his lord Rehoboam.

7 (Jdg 9:4; 2Ch 12:13) Then vain, worthless men gathered together around him

and defied Rehoboam son of Solomon. And Rehoboam was young

and timid in heart and was not strong before them.

8 (1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15) "And now you think that you can withstand

before the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.

And you all are a great multitude, and with you are the golden calves

that Jeroboam has made for you to be gods.

9 (2Ch 11:14-15; Jer 2:11) Have you all not driven out the priests

of the Lord, even the Levites and sons of Aaron,

and made for yourselves priests from the peoples of other lands?

Whoever comes to be dedicated and has in his hand a young bull

or seven rams becomes a priest to what is not a god.

10 "But for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned

Him. And our priests serve the Lord and are sons of Aaron,

Levites with their service.

11 (2Ch 2:4; Ex 25:30-39) They sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord

every morning and evening and put out an incense of spices.

They also set the showbread in place on the ritual table

and set the golden lampstand with its lamps to burn every evening.

For we keep the duty of the Lord our God, but you all have abandoned Him.

12 (Nu 10:8-9; Ac 5:39) God is with us as a leader, and His priests

with their battle trumpets to call for battle against you all.

O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord the God of your fathers

because you will not find success."

13 (Jos 8:4; 8:9) So Jeroboam went around them with an ambush

to come from behind them. Those from Israel were in front of Judah,

while the ambush was behind them.

14 (2Ch 14:11) Then Judah turned and saw that the battle was both in front of

and behind them. Then they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded

their trumpets.

15 (2Ch 14:12) Then the men from Judah shouted out; and it happened

when Judah shouted out, God struck down Jeroboam

and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

16 (2Ch 16:8) The men of Israel fled before Judah,

and God gave them into their hand.

17 Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter,

and the slain from Israel who fell that day were 500000 choice men.

18 (1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 14:11) So the sons of Israel were subdued at that time,

and the people of Judah were strong for they depended

on the Lord God of their fathers.

19 (Jos 15:9; 2Ch 15:8) And Abijah chased after Jeroboam

and captured cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron

with their surrounding villages.

20 (1Sa 25:38; 1Ki 14:20) And Jeroboam did not again recover

his strength in the days of Abijah, and the Lord struck down Jeroboam,

and he died.

21 So Abijah grew strong and took 14 wives and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.

22 (2Ch 9:29; 12:15) And the remainder of the acts of Abijah, both his ways

and words, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.



1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the

daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,

even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array

against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,

and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

5 ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over

Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David,

is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,

and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,

when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the

sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden

calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the

Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other

lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock

and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and

the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and

the Levites wait upon their business:

11 and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt

sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon

the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,

to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;

but ye have forsaken him.

12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with

sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye

not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were

before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and

they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it

came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into

their hand.

17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter:

so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and

the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God

of their fathers.

19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el

with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain

with the towns thereof.

20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:

and the LORD struck him, and he died.

21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives,

and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,

are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.



1 Kings 15



6 (1Ki 14:30) The war begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam

continued all the days of his life.

7 (2Ch 13:2-22) Now the rest of the acts of Abijah 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 Abijah and Jeroboam.

8 (2Ch 14:1) Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him

in the City of David, and Asa his son reigned in his place.



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.



2 Chronicles 14



1 And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David.

Asa his son then reigned in his place.

In his days the land was quiet for ten years.



Asa, King of Judah



1Ki 15:11-12



2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

3 (Dt 7:5; Ex 34:13; 1Ki 15:12-14) He took down the foreign altars

and high places, and he shattered the pillars

and cut down the images of Asherah.

4 Then he urged Judah to seek the Lord the God of their fathers

and to keep the law and commandments.

5 (2Ch 34:4; 34:7) And he also removed all the high places

and incense altars in the cities in Judah.

And the kingdom was at rest under Asa.

6 (2Ch 15:15; 1Ch 22:9) He built fortified cities in Judah

because the land was quiet; and there was no war in these years,

for the Lord gave peace to him.

7 (2Ch 14:6) And he said to Judah, "Let us build up these cities

and let us surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars

for the land before us is still ours because we have sought

after the Lord our God. We have sought Him,

and He has given us peace all around." So they built and had success.

8 (2Ch 13:3) And it happened that Asa had an army from Judah

carrying large shields and spears numbering 300000.

And from Benjamin he had an army carrying shields and bows numbering

280000. All of these were mighty men of valor.