1 Kings 15:9

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;

1 Kings 15:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:9

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned
Asa over Judah.
] How this is to be accounted for (See Gill on 1 Kings 15:2).

1 Kings 15:9 In-Context

7 And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;
10 and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.
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