1 Kings 15:8-12

Asa Succeeds Abijam

8 ¹And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.

9 So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

10 He reigned forty-one * years in Jerusalem; and ²his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

11 ³Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.

12 ⁴He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and ⁵removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

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1 Kings 15:8-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. 2 Chronicles 14:1
2. 1 Kings 15:2
3. 2 Chronicles 14:2
4. Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:46
5. 1 Kings 11:7, 8; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

1 Kings 15:8-12

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Asa Succeeds Abijam

1 Kings 15:8-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

Cross References 5