1 Kings 15:11

11 ¹Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.

1 Kings 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:11

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as
did David his father.
] In his personal walk and conversation, in his government of the nation, and especially in the matters of his God, and of religion, he made David his pattern and example to copy after.

1 Kings 15:11 In-Context

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 his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

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

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

13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 14:2