1 Kings 15:11

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Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his forefather David had done.

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  • 2 Chr 14:2 : 2 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, shattered the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
  • 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 Although the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his life.
  • 2 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, 'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.' 8 Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, you will face wars. 10 Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because he was enraged over this. At the same time, Asa oppressed some of the people.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 14:1-3
    3 verses
    90%

    1Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

    2He removed the foreign altars and the high places, shattered the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

    3He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey the law and the commandment.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    84%

    32Jehoshaphat followed the path of his father Asa and did not turn from it. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    81%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:12-16
    5 verses
    80%

    12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

    13He also removed his mother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a repulsive image for Asherah. Asa cut down her idol and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    14The high places were not removed, yet Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.

    15He brought into the house of the LORD the sacred things his father had dedicated, along with his own sacred gifts of silver, gold, and utensils.

    16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    79%

    3He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    79%

    2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    79%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    77%

    34Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8Abijam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa became king in his place.

    9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.

    10He reigned for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kgs 15:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23Now the rest of the acts of Asa, all his might, and everything he did, as well as the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in his old age he suffered from a disease in his feet.

    24Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 15:16-19
    4 verses
    76%

    16King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene image for Asherah. Asa cut down her obscene image, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

    17Although the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his life.

    18He brought into the house of God the silver, gold, and articles that he and his father had dedicated.

    19There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    76%

    4He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    76%

    43Jehoshaphat followed in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them and did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    75%

    2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, walking in the ways of his forefather David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    75%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed in all the ways of his ancestor David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 2 Chr 28:1
    74%

    1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. However, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD like his ancestor David.

  • 2 Chr 16:11
    74%

    11The events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    73%

    2In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, and she was from Beersheba.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

  • 2 Chr 16:13
    73%

    13Asa rested with his ancestors; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    73%

    5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Chr 15:8
    72%

    8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    72%

    2Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    72%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.

  • 2 Chr 21:12
    72%

    12Then Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, "This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah..."

  • Matt 1:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam; Rehoboam was the father of Abijah; Abijah was the father of Asa.

    8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram; Joram was the father of Uzziah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    71%

    6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    70%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. However, he did not enter the temple of the LORD, but the people still acted corruptly.

  • 2 Chr 31:20
    70%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good, upright, and true before the Lord his God.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20
    70%

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

  • 1 Chr 3:10
    70%

    10The son of Solomon was Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    70%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

  • 2 Chr 17:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

    3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals.

  • 2 Chr 15:10
    69%

    10They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 1 Kgs 22:46
    69%

    46The rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, his might, and the wars he waged, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    69%

    9He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which caused Israel to sin.