1 Kings 15:11

11 Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD ’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

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 Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

10 He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

11 Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD ’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

12 He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

13 He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.