Asa
King of Judah (1KI 15:9), son of incestuous relationship between Abijah and his mother, Maacah (1KI 15:10)
PersonTribe of Judahmale67 verses
Names
- Asa — אָסָא asa “[poss.] healer; myrtle” (H609) · Ασα Asa (G760) — 1 Kings 15:8
Titles
- King of Judah — מֶלֶך יְהוּדָה melek yəhudah “king of Judah” (H3063) · βασιλεύει Ασα ἐπὶ Ιουδαν basileúei Asa epì Ioudan “was made king Asa to Judah” — 1 Kings 15:9
- King Asa — מֶּלֶךְ אָסָ֗א melek asa “king Asa” (H609) · βασιλεὺς Ασα basileùs Asa “king Asa” — 1 Kings 15:18
Family
- father of Jehoshaphat (son of Asa and King of Judah) (inferred)
Dated events
- Asa's reign as king over Judah begins* — 3,052 AH · 955 BC (Ussher) — 1 Kings 15:9
- Asa tears down idols and Judah enters into the covenant — 3,068 AH · 951 BC (Ussher) — 2 Chronicles 15:10
- Asa's feet become diseased — 3,091 AH · 917 BC (Ussher) — 2 Chronicles 16:12
- Asa's reign as king over Judah ends — 3,093 AH · 914 BC (Ussher) — 1 Kings 15:10
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Jerusalem — Asa's reign as king over Judah begins* (1 Kings 15:1)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Ramah 1 — 4 shared verses
- Tirzah — 4 shared verses
- City of David — 3 shared verses
- Mizpah 3 — 3 shared verses
- Syria 1 — 3 shared verses
- Abel-beth-maacah — 2 shared verses
- Damascus — 2 shared verses
- Dan — 2 shared verses
- Geba 1 — 2 shared verses
- Ijon — 2 shared verses
- Kidron — 2 shared verses
- Chinnereth — 1 shared verse
and 5 further places named alongside this person.