8
And Aviyam slept with his avot; and they buried him in Ir Dovid; and Asa Bno reigned in his place.
9
And in the twentieth year of Yarov‘am Melech Yisroel, Asa began to reign as Melech over Yehudah.
10
And forty and one years reigned he in Yerushalayim. And shem immo was Ma’achah Bat Avishalom.
11
And Asa did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, as did Dovid Aviv.
12
And he removed kedeshim (the male and female cult prostitutes) out of HaAretz, and got rid of kol hagillulim (all the idols) that his avot had made.
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.