1 Kings 15:8-12

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

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;

10 and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.

11 And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.

12 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. i.e. 'grandmother's:' see ver. 2.