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Asa Uncertain
Asa is a Hebrew name meaning uncertain, said aw-saw'. A king of Judah who tore down the idols his fathers had set up.
Where the name comes from
אָסָא ʼÂçâʼ — Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite. Strong's H609 derives it: of uncertain derivation.
Asa in Scripture
The name appears in 54 verses, first at 1 Kings 15:8.
1 Kings 15:8 · KJV
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:9 · KJV
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
1 Kings 15:11 · KJV
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
1 Kings 15:13 · KJV
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings 15:14 · KJV
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
1 Kings 15:16 · KJV
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings 15:17 · KJV
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
1 Kings 15:18 · KJV
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
1 Kings 15:20 · KJV
So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
1 Kings 15:22 · KJV
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
1 Kings 15:23 · KJV
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
1 Kings 15:24 · KJV
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
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