1 Kings 15:8-12

8 Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.^[a]

Judah's King Asa

9 In the twentieth year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah;

10 he reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's^[b] name was Maacah daughter^[c] of Abishalom.^[d]

11 Asa did what was right in the Lord's eyes, as his ancestor David had done.

12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.^[e]

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 13:2,22; 14:1
• [b]. Lit mother's
• [c]. Possibly granddaughter; 2 Ch 13:2
• [d]. 1 Kg 15:2
• [e]. 2 Ch 14:2-3