Asa
(Hebrew: אָסָא, Modern Asa Tiberian ʾĀsâ; Greek: Ασα; Latin:
Asa) was the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the
fifth king of the House of David. He was the son of Abijam,
grandson of Rehoboam, and great-grandson of Solomon. The
Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign as 41 years.[1]
His reign is dated between 913-910 BCE to 873-869 BC...
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a'-sa ('aca', "healer"; Asa):
(1) A king of Judah, the third one after the separation of
Judah and Israel. He was the son of Abijah and grandson of
Rehoboam. Maacah, his mother, or rather grandmother, was
daughter of Abishalom (Absalom) (1 Ki 15:1 ff). The first
ten years of his reign were prosperous and peaceful (2 Ch
14:1). He introduced man...
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1. King of Judah
1Ki 15:8-24; 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 14; 15; 16; Mt 1:7
-2. A Levite
1Ch 9:16...
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(physician, or cure).
1. Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956-
916.) (His long reign of 41 years was peaceful in its
earlier portion, and he undertook the reformation of all
abuses, especially of idolatry. He burnt the symbol of his
grandmother Maachah's religion and deposed her from the
dignity of "king's mother,") and renewed the...
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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, ...
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("healing".) Son of Abijah; third king of Judah. Faithful to
Jehovah; determined in rooting out idolatry and its attendant
licentiousness (1 Kings 15:9-15; 1 Kings 15:2 Chronicles 14;
15; 16). He built fenced cities, the Lord giving him and his
land rest and prosperity. No respecter of persons: so much so
that he deposed Maachah, the queenmoth...
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