In the 18th year of Jeroboam Abijah became king of Judah where he reigned for 3 years, but he sadly repeated the sins of his father and made war with Jeroboam.
In the 20th year of Jeroboam Asa became king of Judah where he reigned for 41 years doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He expelled the male shrine prostitutes and abolished all the idols, and he even deposed his grandmother from the pagan post of queen mother cutting down and burning her Asherah pole. Asa made an alliance with the king of Aram ruling in Damascus and thus strengthened his position against Israel. In his old age Asa had diseased feet prior to dying and being succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat.
Nadab, son of Jeroboam, became king of Israel in the 2nd year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned for 2 years. He did evil before God being a case of like father like son. Baasha killed Nadab and replaced him as king, when he reigned for 24 years but doing evil in the eyes of the Lord. He then proceeded to kill Jeroboam's entire family.
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