1 Kings 15:25

Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.

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In The King James Version

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

In Context

24So Asa went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place.

26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:34And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

1 Kings 14:20And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:10-25

Asa's Reign. ( b. c. 914.) 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord , as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a… Read the whole commentary →

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