In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 15:9 in context
1 Kings 15:6–12
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Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
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Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.
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In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.
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He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
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Asa did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, as David his father did.
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He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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