1 Kings 15:8-12

8 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

10 Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.

12 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

1 Kings 15:8-12 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.