And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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Interpretation
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes.
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 15:9-13.
Glossary
- Jeroboam Person
- Increase of the people. (1. ) The son of Nebat ( 1 Kings 11:26-39 ), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B. C. 976-945).
- Asa Person
- Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah.