1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
1 Kings 15:11 in other translations
| BSB | And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. |
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| WEB | Asa did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, as David his father did. |
| ASV | And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father. |
| YLT | And Asa doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father, |
| DARBY | And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father. |
| BBE | Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did. |
| Webster | And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. |
What does 1 Kings 15:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 15:10-13
10-13. his mother's name was Maachah--She was properly his grandmother, and she is here called "the king's mother," from the post of dignity which at the beginning of his reign she possessed. Asa, as a constitutional monarch, acted like the pious David, laboring to abolish the traces and polluting practices of idolatry, and in pursuance of his impartial conduct, he did not spare delinquents even of the highest rank.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 15:9-24
Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, and a great deal he found to do. When Asa found idolatry in the court, he rooted it out thence. Reformation must begin at home. Asa honours and respects his mother; he loves her well, but he loves God better. Those that have…
1 Kings 15:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 15:11
- 2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
- 2 Chronicles 15:17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- 1 Kings 15:3
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7-10
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
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Context
- 1 Kings 15:10
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:12
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Kings 15:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Asa hizo lo recto ante los ojos de Jehová, como David su padre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Asa fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’ Éternel, comme David, son père; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Asa tat, was recht war in den Augen Jehovas, wie sein Vater David. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et fecit Asa rectum ante conspectum Domini, sicut David pater ejus: |