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1 Kings 15:7-17

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7 Now 1the 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? 2And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Asa Succeeds Abijam

8 3And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.
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 4his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 5Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.
12 6He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and 7removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
13 8He 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 9burned it at the brook Kidron.
14 10But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless 11the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.
15 12He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils.
16 13Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 14Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and 15fortified Ramah 16in order to prevent * anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.
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1 Kings 15:7-17 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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Cross References 16

  • 1. 2 Chr 13:2, 21, 22
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 13:3-20
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 14:1
  • 4. 1 Kings 15:2
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 14:2
  • 6. Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:46
  • 7. 1 Kings 11:7, 8; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 15:16-18
  • 9. Exodus 32:20
  • 10. 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 12:3
  • 11. 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 15:3
  • 12. 1 Kings 7:51
  • 13. 1 Kings 15:32
  • 14. 2 Chronicles 16:1-6
  • 15. Joshua 18:25; 1 Kings 15:21, 22
  • 16. 1 Kings 12:26-29

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Lit "also Maacah his mother and he removed her"
  • [b] Or "for Asherah"
  • [c] Lit "complete with"
  • [d] Lit "built"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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