KJV King James Version
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
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1 Kings 15:11
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
WEB World English Bible
Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.
ASV American Standard Version
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Asa doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 15
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron.
14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
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2 Chronicles 14:2And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, [it is] nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou [art] our God; let not man prevail against thee.1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.2 Chronicles 16:7-10And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
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