1 Kings 15:9

In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

In Context

8Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

10And he was king for forty-one years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:1So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 15:2-9

Abijam's Reign. ( b. c. 958.) 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish… Read the whole commentary →

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