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1 Kings 15:5-15

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5 This was because David did the right thing in the LORD's eyes. David didn't deviate from anything the LORD commanded him throughout his life—except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as Abijam lived.
7 The rest of Abijam's deeds and all that he did, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 Abijam lay down with his ancestors; he was buried in David's City. His son Asa succeeded him as king.

Asa rules Judah

9 In the twentieth year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah.
10 He ruled in Jerusalem for forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maacah; she was Abishalom's daughter.
11 Asa did the right things in the LORD's eyes, just like his father David.
12 He removed the consecrated workers from the land, and he did away with all the worthless idols that his predecessors had made.
13 He even removed his grandmother Maacah from the position of queen mother because she had made an image of Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 Though the shrines weren't eliminated, nevertheless Asa remained committed with all his heart to the LORD throughout his life.
15 He brought into the LORD's temple the silver and gold equipment that he and his father had dedicated.
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1 Kings 15:5-15 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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Footnotes 2

  • [a] Or mother; also in 15:13; cf 2 Chron 13:2
  • [b] Traditionally cultic prostitutes
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