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And Asadid that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asadestroyed[a] her idol, and burnt it by the brookKidron.
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.