1 Kings 15:4-14

4 But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a 1lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
5 2because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, 3except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
6 4There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 Now 5the 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? 6And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Asa Succeeds Abijam

8 7And 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 8his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
11 9Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father.
12 10He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and 11removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
13 12He 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 13burned it at the brook Kidron.
14 14But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless 15the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days.

1 Kings 15:4-14 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.

Cross References 15

  • 1. 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chronicles 21:7
  • 2. 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 14:8; Luke 1:6
  • 3. 2 Sam 11:3f, 15-17; 2 Samuel 12:9, 10
  • 4. 1 Kings 14:30; 2 Chr 12:15-13:20
  • 5. 2 Chr 13:2, 21, 22
  • 6. 2 Chronicles 13:3-20
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 14:1
  • 8. 1 Kings 15:2
  • 9. 2 Chronicles 14:2
  • 10. Deuteronomy 23:17; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:46
  • 11. 1 Kings 11:7, 8; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 14:2-5
  • 12. 2 Chronicles 15:16-18
  • 13. Exodus 32:20
  • 14. 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 12:3
  • 15. 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 15:3

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "also Maacah his mother and he removed her"
  • [b]. Or "for Asherah"
  • [c]. Lit "complete with"
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