1 Kings 15:24

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 15:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:24

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father
In a sepulchre there he himself had made, and in great pomp and solemnity, being laid on a bed filled with sweet odours and spices, prepared according to art, and which were burned for him, ( 2 Chronicles 16:14 ) ,

and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead;
a very pious and worthy prince.

1 Kings 15:24 In-Context

22 And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
26 And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel sin.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Meaning, 'Jehovah judges.' See Joel 3.2,12,14.
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