1 Kings 15:8-9

15:8 Abijah passed away ¹  and was buried ²  in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

Asa’s Reign over Judah

15:9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

1 Kings 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ³ 

1 Kings 15:16

15:16 Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other. ⁴ 

1 Kings 15:32

15:32 Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

1 Kings 22:41

Jehoshaphat’s Reign over Judah

22:41 In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah.

1 Kings 22:46

22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”

² tn Heb “and they buried him.”

³ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

⁵ tn Heb “There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.