Asa
אָסָא · a.sa · H0609GἈσά · Asa · G0760“physician; cure” Hitchcock's 186953 mentions in 5 books, most in 2 Chronicles (25)
Who he was
Asa was the third king of Judah, son of Abijah (or 'Abijam') and grandson of Rehoboam. He reigned for 41 years, from the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel. Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, removing idols, male cult prostitutes, and high places from Judah. He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene image of Asherah. Asa faced an invasion by Zerah the Ethiopian but defeated him with God's help after crying out to the Lord. In his later years, Asa sought help from Ben-Hadad king of Syria against Baasha king of Israel instead of relying on God and imprisoned the seer Hanani for rebuking him. Asa developed a severe foot disease but did not seek the Lord's help. He died and was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat.
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Every mention
53 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 Kings24 mentions
1 Kings 15:8Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.1 Kings 15:9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.1 Kings 15:11Asa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.1 Kings 15:13He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.1 Kings 15:14But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.1 Kings 15:16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.1 Kings 15:17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.1 Kings 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King…1 Kings 15:20Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of…1 Kings 15:22Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba…1 Kings 15:23Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in…1 Kings 15:24Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.1 Kings 15:25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.1 Kings 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.1 Kings 15:32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.1 Kings 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.1 Kings 16:10and Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.1 Kings 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.1 Kings 16:23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.1 Kings 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel. Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.1 Kings 22:41Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.1 Kings 22:43He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still…1 Kings 22:46The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
1 Chronicles1 mention
2 Chronicles25 mentions
2 Chronicles 14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.2 Chronicles 14:2Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God’s eyes,2 Chronicles 14:8Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty…2 Chronicles 14:10Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.2 Chronicles 14:11Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in…2 Chronicles 14:12So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.2 Chronicles 14:13Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover themselves, for they were destroyed before Yahweh and before his…2 Chronicles 15:2He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you…2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he…2 Chronicles 15:10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.2 Chronicles 15:16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and…2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.2 Chronicles 15:19There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.2 Chronicles 16:1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.2 Chronicles 16:2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,2 Chronicles 16:4Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.2 Chronicles 16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the…2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.2 Chronicles 16:11Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet. His disease was exceedingly great; yet in his disease he didn’t seek Yahweh, but just the physicians.2 Chronicles 16:13Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign.2 Chronicles 17:2He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.2 Chronicles 20:32He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes.2 Chronicles 21:12A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, “Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of…
What the dictionary says
Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain