1 Kings 15:11

11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father 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 In the twentieth year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;

10 he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David had done.

12 He put away the male temple prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.

13 He also removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah; Asa cut down her image and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.