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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Great grandson of
Solomon
and king of
Judah
(B.C. 955-914). “Asa did that which was right in the sight of the
Lord
, as did
David
his
father
.” He removed the idols his
fathers
had made (
1 Kings 15:11
11
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. (1 Kings 15:11)
), and he deposed
Maachah
, his
mother
, or perhaps grandmother, from being
queen
because she favored
idolatry
. On the country being invaded by the
Ethiopians
with a million troops and 300 chariots, he cried to the Lord, who fought for him, and the enemy was smitten. He was counseled by
Azariah
not to forsake the Lord, which led to the
spoil
being offered to
God
, and to the king and his people entering into a
covenant
to seek the Lord.
Subsequently Asa was threatened by
Baasha
king of
Israel
who began to build
Ramah
, a fortified city only a few miles from
Jerusalem
. To stop this Asa paid a large sum of
money
to Benhadad king of
Syria
to invade Israel. This was for the
time
successful: the building of Ramah was stopped, and Asa carried away the
stones
thereof and built
Geba
and
Mizpah
.
This recourse for aid to the king of Syria, who was an idolater, was very displeasing to God, and the king was rebuked by
Hanani
the
seer
. While Asa trusted in the Lord he had
deliverance
, but having relied on the king of Syria, he should have war all his days. Asa, alas, did not humble himself, but
put
Hanani in
prison
, and oppressed some of the people. He was disciplined in his person, for he was diseased in his feet, and the disease increased exceedingly; yet he sought not the Lord, but to the physicians (perhaps these were healers by magic arts in connection with idolatry, on which God’s
blessing
could not be asked) and he died after a reign of 41 years (1 Kings 15; 2 Chron. 14-16;
Matt. 1:7-8
7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; (Matthew 1:7‑8)
).
2.
A Levite, the father of
Berechiah
(
1 Chron. 9:16
16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (1 Chronicles 9:16)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
609
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Aca’
Phonic:
aw-saw’
Meaning:
of uncertain derivation; Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
KJV Usage:
Asa
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
healer: injurious (?)
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
He healed; physician:-a Levite, ancestor of Berechiah, 1 Chron. 9:16. {Sanavit}
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