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m._n 3043._o some_o think_v she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o tame_a which_o may_v be_v marry_v to_o this_o uriel_n and_o adopt_v by_o absalon_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v leave_v no_o issue_n he_o imitate_v the_o impiety_n of_o his_o father_n his_o heart_n not_o be_v perfect_a before_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o yet_o god_n remember_v the_o covenant_n make_v with_o david_n bring_v he_o by_o a_o fatherly_a correction_n into_o order_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n 15._o 1_o king_n 15._o he_o also_o war_v with_o jeroboam_n all_o his_o day_n who_o come_v up_o against_o he_o with_o 800000_o man_n he_o join_v battle_n with_o he_o have_v but_o half_o so_o many_o and_o yet_o trust_v in_o god_n obtain_v victory_n and_o kill_v 500000_o israelite_n the_o great_a number_n we_o read_v to_o have_v fall_v in_o one_o battle_n he_o take_v from_o he_o bethel_n jeskanah_n and_o ephraim_n with_o their_o town_n neither_o do_v jeroboam_n recover_v his_o strength_n in_o his_o time_n abijah_n wax_v mighty_a marry_v fourteen_o wife_n beget_v two_o and_o twenty_o son_n and_o fifteen_o daughter_n yet_o he_o reign_v but_o three_o year_n 3046._o asa_n a._n m._n 3046._o 4._o asa_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o in_o the_o 20_o year_n of_o jeroboam_n end_v chap._n 1_o king_n 15._o &_o 2_o chron._n 14.15_o 16._o chap._n and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v righteous_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o reform_v what_o be_v amiss_o command_v his_o subject_n to_o seek_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n in_o his_o time_n the_o land_n have_v rest_v ten_o year_n in_o his_o 11_o year_n according_a to_o josephus_n come_v zerach_n the_o aethiopian_a against_o he_o with_o 1000000_o man_n of_o cashaeans_n inhabit_v arabia_n where_o also_o zerach_n his_o aethiopia_n be_v only_o to_o be_v find_v and_o labaean_n beside_o 300_o chariot_n to_o those_o he_o oppose_v himself_o with_o 300000_o of_o judah_n and_o 280000_o of_o benjamin_n and_o call_v upon_o his_o god_n obtain_v the_o victory_n which_o he_o prosecute_v and_o get_v much_o booty_n returnnig_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o be_v so_o wrought_v upon_o by_o the_o word_n of_o azariah_n the_o prophet_n the_o son_n of_o oded_a as_o together_o with_o his_o own_o subject_n and_o other_o that_o fall_v to_o he_o in_o abundance_n out_o of_o israel_n he_o sacrifice_v to_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o god_n then_o proceed_v in_o the_o reformation_n of_o his_o kingdom_n he_o remove_v maaca_n his_o grandmother_n from_o her_o dignity_n because_o she_o be_v the_o patroness_n of_o idolatry_n baasa_n now_o who_o reign_v in_o israel_n provoke_v with_o the_o revolt_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o jealous_a of_o the_o grow_a power_n of_o asa_n come_v up_o against_o he_o and_o build_v rama_fw-mi in_o the_o 36_o year_n from_o the_o division_n lest_o any_o shall_v go_v in_o or_o out_o to_o he_o asa_n to_o divert_v he_o hire_v benhadad_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n to_o invade_v israel_n this_o benhadad_a be_v the_o son_n of_o tabrimmon_n and_o 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