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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:16-24

The War Policy of Asa. "Forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem" ( 1 Kings 15:10 ). The evil kings of Judah were about as numerous as the good, but their reigns were shorter. "The wicked do not live out half their days." But though the reign of Asa was long and glorious, his war policy with Baasha was not creditable. I. THE OBJECT WAS RIGHT . 1 . The war was provoked by the enemy . 2 . It was provoked by impious intention . II. THE MEANS WERE WRONG ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

Asa degraded Maachah from the rank and state of queen-mother.The word translated “idol” both here and in the parallel passage (marginal reference), does not occur elsewhere in Scripture. It is derived from a root signifying “fear” or “trembling,” and may perhaps best be understood as “a fright, a horror.” Such a name would seem best to apply to a grotesque and hideous image like the Phthah of the Egyptians. She made it to serve in lieu of the ordinary “grove” - asherah, or idolatrous emblem of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:14

2 Chronicles 14:3 would seem at first sight to imply that he entirely put down the worship. But idolatry, if at one time put down, crept back afterward; or while Asa endeavored to sweep it wholly away, his subjects would not be controlled, but found a means of maintaining it in some places - not perhaps in the cities (see 2 Chronicles 14:5), but in remote country districts, where the royal authority was weaker, and secrecy more practicable. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:15

Abijam’s dedications were made after his victory over Jeroboam, and probably consisted of a portion of the spoils which were the fruit of the battle 2 Chronicles 13:16-19.Asa’s dedications may have been made from the spoils of Zerah the Ethiopian, who attacked him in his eleventh year (2 Chronicles 14:9, etc.). They were not deposited in the temple until his fifteenth year 2 Chronicles 15:10, 2 Chronicles 15:18. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:16

Baasha became king of Israel in the third year of Asa 1 Kings 15:33. The petty warfare which ordinarily prevailed on the borders of the two kingdoms continued “all the days” of Asa and Baasha. During the first ten years of Asa’s reign he was little molested 2 Chronicles 14:1, 2 Chronicles 14:6. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:12

1 Kings 15:12. He took away the sodomites All whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation, as appears from 1 Kings 22:46. And removed all the idols his father had made If his father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he might cut off the entail of the curse. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:13

1 Kings 15:13. Her he removed from being queen He took from her either the name and authority of queen regent, which she, having been Rehoboam’s wife, and Abijam’s mother, took to herself during Asa’s minority, or the dignity of the queen-mother, and those guards, or instruments of power, which she had enjoyed and misemployed. She had made an idol Hebrew, a terror, or horror, that is, a horrible idol; which, it may be, is so called, because it was of a more terrible shape than... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:14

1 Kings 15:14. The high places were not removed 2 Chronicles 14:3. He took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places where they were worshipped: but as for those high places where the true God was worshipped, he did not take them away; partly, because he thought there was no great evil in them, which had been used by David and Solomon, and other good men; partly because he thought the removal of them might do more hurt than their continuance, by occasioning the total... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:15

1 Kings 15:15. He brought in the things which his father had dedicated Namely, Abijam, when he was in distress, and going to fight with Jeroboam, (2 Chronicles 13:0.,) though afterward he did not perform his vows , nor bring into the house of the Lord what he had devoted: probably he was prevented by death. Asa his son, however, made good his vow; and also himself brought in what he had dedicated to holy uses, namely, silver, and gold, and vessels, having gotten great spoil in his war... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

Asa’s reformation in Judah (15:9-24)Judah’s new king, Asa, spent the first ten years of his reign getting rid of Canaanite religious practices and strengthening the nation’s defences. Strong faith and a strong fighting force enabled him to defeat a huge army that invaded Judah from the south. Plunder seized at the time enriched Judah considerably (2 Chronicles 14:1-15).A prophet pointed out how this victory proved that, as in the time of the judges, God blessed those who trusted in him in their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:16-24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 15:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 15:15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

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