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1 Kings 15:8 אָסָ֥א Asa

And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:9 אָסָ֖א Asa

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

1 Kings 15:11 אָסָ֛א Asa

And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

1 Kings 15:13 אָסָא֙ Asa

He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Kings 15:14 אָסָ֗א Asa

The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

1 Kings 15:16 אָסָ֗א Asa

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

1 Kings 15:17 לְאָסָ֖א to Asa

Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:18 אָ֠סָא אָסָ֗א Asa

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

Here: King of Judah, praised a few verses earlier for his loyalty to Yahweh (15:11-14). The meaning of the name is uncertain; a link with an Aramaic word for 'healer' has been suggested but is not secure.

1 Kings 15:20 אָסָ֗א Asa

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.

1 Kings 15:22 אָסָ֜א אָסָ֔א Asa

Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:23 אָ֠סָא Asa

Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15:24 אָסָא֙ Asa

And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:25 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

1 Kings 15:28 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.

Here: 'Of Asa'. The king of Judah in the south is the fixed reference point used to date this northern coup.

1 Kings 15:32 אָסָ֗א Asa

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.

1 Kings 15:33 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

1 Kings 16:8 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

1 Kings 16:10 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:15 לְאָסָא֙ of Asa

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

1 Kings 16:23 לְאָסָא֙ of Asa

In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 16:29 לְאָסָ֖א of Asa

In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

1 Kings 22:41 אָסָ֔א Asa

In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.

1 Kings 22:43 אָסָ֥א Asa

And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Here: Jehoshaphat's father and predecessor as king of Judah (1 Kings 15:9–24). He received the same verdict with the same exception (15:11, 14).

1 Kings 22:46 אָסָ֣א Asa

He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.

1 Chronicles 3:10 אָסָ֥א Asa

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

1 Chronicles 9:16 אָסָא֙ Asa

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

2 Chronicles 14:1 אָסָ֥א Asa

Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.

2 Chronicles 14:2 אָסָא֙ Asa

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 14:8 לְאָסָ֗א to Asa

Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.

2 Chronicles 14:10 אָסָ֖א Asa

So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:11 אָסָ֜א Asa

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

Here: The third king of Judah after the kingdom split. He prays as king, speaking for the whole army and nation.

2 Chronicles 14:12 אָסָ֖א Asa

So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.

2 Chronicles 14:13 אָסָ֜א Asa

Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

2 Chronicles 15:2 אָסָא֒ אָסָ֖א Asa, O Asa

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Here: The third king of Judah after the kingdom split (c. 911–870 BC). The Chronicler treats his reign as a test case of what seeking and forsaking lead to.

2 Chronicles 15:8 אָסָ֜א Asa

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

Here: Third king of Judah after the split of the kingdom (reigned roughly 911–870 BC), grandson of Rehoboam, son of Abijah.

2 Chronicles 15:10 אָסָֽא׃ Asa

So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:16 אָסָ֣א אָסָא֙ Asa

King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Here: The third king of Judah after the division (c. 911–870 BC). The Chronicler presents him as a reforming king.

2 Chronicles 15:17 אָסָ֛א Asa

The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:19 אָסָֽא׃ ס Asa

And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 16:1 אָסָ֔א לְאָסָ֖א Asa, to Asa

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:2 אָסָ֜א Asa

So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

2 Chronicles 16:4 אָסָ֗א Asa

And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 16:6 וְאָסָ֣א and Asa

Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 16:7 אָסָ֖א Asa

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

Here: Asa, third king of Judah after the kingdom split (c. 911–870 BC). Chronicles praised him earlier for reform and for trusting God (chs. 14–15). The name's meaning is uncertain; some connect it with an Aramaic word for "healer".

2 Chronicles 16:10 אָסָ֜א אָסָ֛א Asa

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Here: King of Judah, third king after Solomon. Chronicles had praised him at length (chs. 14–15), so this verse marks a turn in his story.

2 Chronicles 16:11 אָסָ֔א Asa

Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12 אָסָ֡א Asa

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

Here: King of Judah (about 911–870 BC). The Chronicler praises him at length for his early reforms (chs. 14–15). Some scholars connect the name with an Aramaic word for 'healer', which would make the verse ironic, but this origin for the name is uncertain.

2 Chronicles 16:13 אָסָ֖א Asa

So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 17:2 אָסָ֥א Asa

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

2 Chronicles 20:32 אָסָ֖א Asa

And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 21:12 אָסָ֥א Asa

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,

Jeremiah 41:9 אָסָ֔א Asa

Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.