1 Kings 15:8‑23• 8And Abijam slept with his fathers; {i}and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead{/i}.
9{i}And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;{/i}
10{i}and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.{/i}
11{i}And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.{/i}
12{i}And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made.{/i}
13{i}And also Maachah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and burned it in the valley of Kidron{/i}.
14{i}But the high places were not removed; only{/i}, Asa's heart was perfect , with Jehovah all his days.
15And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of Jehovah, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16{i}And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.{/i}
17{i}And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.{/i}
18{i}And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,{/i}
19{i}There is a league between me and thee, as between my father and thy father; behold, I send thee a present of silver and gold: go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.{/i}
20{i}And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.{/i}
21It came to pass when Baasha heard thereof that he left off building {i}Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah{/i}.
22{i}And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.{/i}
23{i}And the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only{/i}, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. (1 Kings 15:8‑23)
2 Chron. 14:1‑16:14• 1{i}And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years{/i}.
2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
3for he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:
4and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
5And he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6And he built fenced cities in Judah. {i}for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.{/i}
7{i}And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.{/i}
8{i}And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.{/i}
9{i}And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.{/i}
10{i}And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.{/i}
11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many or with them that hath no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee.
12So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13And Asa and the people that [were] with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
15{i}They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem{/i}.
1{i}And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.{/i}
2{i}And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin{/i}: Jehovah 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.
3Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.
4But when they in their trouble did turn unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
5And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
7Be ye strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8{i}And when 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 that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.{/i}
9{i}And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.{/i}
10{i}And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.{/i}
11{i}And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.{/i}
12{i}And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,{/i}
13{i}and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.{/i}
14{i}And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.{/i}
15{i}And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.{/i}
16{i}And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah{/i}; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19{i}And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.{/i}
1{i}In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.{/i}
2{i}And Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-Hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,{/i}
3There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father; behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha, king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4{i}And Ben-Hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon and Dan and Abelmaim, and all the store-magazines of the cities of Naphtali.{/i}
5{i}And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.{/i}
6{i}And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah.{/i}
7And 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 Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
8{i}Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.{/i}
9{i}For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.{/i}
10{i}And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.{/i}
11{i}And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.{/i}
12{i}And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians.{/i}
13{i}And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one-and-fortieth year of his reign.{/i}
14{i}And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.{/i} (2 Chron. 14:1‑16:14)