2. He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him. Neither was his heart perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David, his father.
4. But for the sake of David, the Lord his God gave to him a lamp in Jerusalem, so that he might raise up his son after him, and so that he might establish Jerusalem.
5. For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and he had not declined from all of the things that he had instructed to him, during all the days of his life, except the matter of Uriah, the Hittite.
6. Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam during the entire time of his life.
7. And the rest of the words of Abijam, and all that he did, were these not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And there was fighting 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 place.
9. Then, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, the king of Israel, Asa reigned as king of Judah.
10. And he reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11. And Asa did what was right before the sight of the Lord, just as his father David did.
12. And he took away the effeminate from the land. And he purged all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.
13. Moreover, he also removed his mother, Maacah, from being the leader in the sacrifices of Priapus, and in his sacred grove which she had consecrated. And he destroyed his grotto. And he shattered the very indecent idol, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron.
14. But the high places, he did not take away. Yet truly, the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord during all his days.
15. And he brought the things that his father had sanctified and vowed back to the house of the Lord: the silver, and the gold, and the vessels.
16. Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, during all their days.
17. And Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he built up Ramah, so that no one would be able to exit or enter from the side of Asa, the king of Judah.