1 Kings 15:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it 2 Chron. 14:1-16:14 Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, 1 Kgs. 15:10. In the account we have of the kings of Judah we find the number of the good kings and the bad ones nearly equal; but then we may observe, to our comfort, that the reign of the good kings was generally long, but that of the bad kings short, the consideration of which will make the state of God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the Sodomites out of the land ,.... Which were in the times of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:24 , and continued in his father's reign; those he took away, either by driving them out of the land, or by putting them to death according to the law of God, Leviticus 20:13 even as many of them as he had knowledge of, for some remained, see 1 Kings 22:46 , and removed all the idols that his fathers had made ; or suffered to be made, as Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam, see 1 Kings... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:12

The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim ; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on 1 Kings 14:24 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-15

Reformation. The moral condition of Judah was fearful when Asa came to the throne. The apostasy of Solomon had inaugurated a retrogression which was aggravated in the reigns following, so that for three generations the abominations of the heathens were increasing. The condition of Israel was even worse, under the system introduced by Jeroboam, to which the successors of that monarch tenaciously held. When the Holy Land was in such a state of degeneracy, what was the condition of the world... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

Zeal without trust. AN OPPORTUNITY RECOGNIZED AND USED . The need of the time was manfully met. Brought up in an idolatrous home, he nevertheless saw that this sin was sapping the foundation of the nation's stability and strength, and he set himself to root it out. 1 . The land was cleansed from . filthy abomination, from legalized, and even sanctified, sin ("And he took away the Sodomites," etc.) The nation that legalizes sin will reap corruption and shame: that which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:11-26

The Reign of Asa. Though this prince reigned forty and one years—a longer period than any of his predecessors, and, with two exceptions, a longer period than any of the kings who came after him—yet his reign, so far as it is recorded here, may be summed up in few words. "Happy is the nation," it has been said, "which has no history." But happier still the nation whose history, like that of Judah in the time of Asa, may be comprehended under these two heads— internal reforms, and ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the Sodomites [see on 1 Kings 14:24 , and Romans 1:23-27 . It appears from 1 Kings 22:46 that this abomination was not wholly suppressed] out of the land, and removed all the idols [ גִּלֻּלִים from גָּלַל volvit A term of contempt (see Deuteronomy 29:17 , where it is coupled with "abominations; " Ezekiel 23:37 ); but whether the word is to be interpreted by גֵּלֶל a ball of dung, in which case these idols ( Dei stereorei ) would have a... 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

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 15:9-15

Asa’s godliness 15:9-15Asa came to power close to the end of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel in 910 B.C. Asa reigned from 911-870 B.C., 41 years, an unusually long reign that probably began when he was quite young (cf. 1 Kings 15:2). It was his grandmother (NIV), not his mother (NASB), who bore the name Maacah (cf. 1 Kings 15:2). The queen mother (dowager), not the king’s wife, was the first lady in the kingdom. [Note: Gray, p. 106.] The rightness of Asa’s acts is clear from his removing the pagan... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 15:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:11-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 15:12

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 15:9-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 15:9-15

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