1 Kings 15:11

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Asa did what the LORD approved like his ancestor David had done.

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  • 2 Chr 14:2 : 2 Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 Asa prayed to the LORD his God:“O LORD, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O LORD, you are our God; don’t let men prevail against you!”
  • 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
  • 2 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him:“Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the LORD, he handed them over to you! 9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.” 10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 14:1-3
    3 verses
    90%

    1(13:23) Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign the land had rest for ten years.

    2Asa’s Religious and Military Accomplishments(14:1) Asa did what the LORD his God desired and approved.

    3He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    84%

    32He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    81%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:12-16
    5 verses
    80%

    12He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

    13He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    14The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

    15He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the LORD’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

    16Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    79%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    79%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    79%

    3He did what the LORD approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    77%

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

    9Asa’s Reign over Judah In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

    10He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 15:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23The rest of the events of Asa’s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.

    24Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king.

  • 2 Chr 15:16-19
    4 verses
    76%

    16King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    17The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.

    18He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

    19Asa’s Failures There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    76%

    4He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    76%

    43He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the LORD approved.(22:44) However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    75%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    75%

    2He did what the LORD approved and followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left.

  • 2 Chr 28:1
    74%

    1Ahaz’s Reign Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD, in contrast to his ancestor David.

  • 2 Chr 16:11
    74%

    11Asa’s Reign Ends The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    73%

    2Jehoash did what the LORD approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.

  • 2 Chr 16:13
    73%

    13Asa passed away in the forty-first year of his reign.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    73%

    5He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Chr 15:8
    72%

    8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the LORD in front of the porch of the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    72%

    2Joash did what the LORD approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    72%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the LORD his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    72%

    12Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

  • Matt 1:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

    8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    71%

    6Solomon did evil in the LORD’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the LORD, like his father David had.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    70%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    70%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
    70%

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    70%

    10Solomon’s Descendants Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,followed by Abijah his son,Asa his son,Jehoshaphat his son,

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    70%

    2He did what the LORD approved, but not with wholehearted devotion.

  • 2 Chr 17:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

    3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

  • 2 Chr 15:10
    69%

    10They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
    69%

    46He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    69%

    9He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.