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Asa, son of Abijah

The name Asa means “physician; cure.” Asa is mentioned in 53 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Kings 15:8.

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Who was Asa?

Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities, out of the land (1 Kings 15:8-14). The Lord gave him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him, however, that in his old age, when afflicted, he “sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians” (comp. Jer. 17:5). He died in the forty-first year of his reign, greatly honoured by his people (2 Chr. 16:1-13), and was succeeded by his son Jehoshaphat.

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Asa

  • 1 Kings 15:8

    And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 15:13

    And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:2

    And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:13

    And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:2

    And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

Timeline of Asa's life

DateEvent
955 BCReign of Asa
913 BCDeath of Asa
All 53 verses mentioning Asa

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