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8 When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.
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And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.
9 Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.
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In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
10 He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
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and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD ’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.
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Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father 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.
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He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
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