Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 15:11
That which was right in the eyes of the Lord; as to the government of his kingdom and life, and the reformation and establishment of God's worship.
That which was right in the eyes of the Lord; as to the government of his kingdom and life, and the reformation and establishment of God's worship.
4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...
3. ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Abijam of Judah (1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13)_ 2. Asa of Judah (1 Kings 15:9;...
ABIJAM AND ASA OF JUDAH, AND NADAB AND BAASHA OF ISRAEL. Abijam, called Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:1), had a short and evil reign. It would appear, notwithstanding 1 Kings 15:8, that he was succeeded by...
RIGHT. Therefore his days "long in the land" (1 Kings 15:23). Contemporary with seven Israelite kings. IDOLS. filthy idols....
C. THE REFORMATION UNDER ASA 15:9-24 At the outset of his reign, Asa launched a national movement to bring his people back to the old paths of fidelity to God. But as time went on, Asa's religious fer...
_AND ASA DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AS DID DAVID HIS FATHER._ Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. As a constitutional monarch, he acted like the pious David,...
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, NADAB AND BAASHA 2. Abishalom] i.e. Absalom. In 2 Chronicles 13:2 his mother is called Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, and if this is correct, Absalom was probably her g...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 ABIJAM’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 It was the 18th year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat. At this time, Abijam became king of *Ju...
ASA DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT. — This reign — happily, a long one — was a turning-point in the history of Judah. Freed from immediate pressure by the victory of Abijah over Jeroboam, Asa resolved — per...
וַ יַּ֧עַשׂ אָסָ֛א הַ יָּשָׁ֖ר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י
A BETTER DAY DAWNS 1 Kings 15:1 Again we meet with those references to David that we found in the previous chapter. See 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 15:11. His name lingers as sweet fragrance in the air, or...
In this chapter we have the continuation of a sad story in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Under the reign of Abijam the process of deterioration went rapidly forward. He walked in the sins of his f...
(9) В¶ 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....
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...
AND ASA DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, AS DID DAVID HIS FATHER. In his personal walk and conversation, in his government of the nation, and especially in the matters of his God, and...
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father. Ver. 11. _And Asa did that which was right._] Right, for the matter of his obedience; uprightly, for the manner....
_His mother's name_ That is, his grandmother's, as appears from 1 Kings 15:2. She is called his mother in the same sense in which David is called Abijam's father, 1 Kings 15:3; that is, his progenitor...
1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to make a league with Benhadad. 23 Iehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadabs wicke...
THE RULE OF ASA IN JUDAH...
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David, his father, patterning his life after the example of his illustrious ancestor....
ABIJAM'S MUCH SHORTER REIGN (vs.1-8) Though Rehoboam's reign was short, that of Abijam was much shorter, only three years (v.2). His mother's name was Maacah, who must have had no good influence ove...
9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins, a...
1 Kings 15:11 Asa H609 did H6213 (H8799) right H3477 eyes H5869 LORD H3068 father H1 David H1732 Asa -
THE REIGN OF GOOD KING ASA OF JUDAH C. 911-870 BC (1 KINGS 15:9). In Asa we have the first king following David who made a genuine effort to turn the people back to YHWH. He removed the most blatant e...
CONTENTS: Accession of Abijam and Asa over Judah. War with Baasha. League with Syria. Accession of Nadab over Israel and Baasha over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha, Ben-hadad. C...
1 Kings 15:4. _For David's sake;_ for the sake of the covenant which God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their father's mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel...
_Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord._ THE CHARACTER OF ASA In Asa, King of Judah, we have one of the most melancholy, yet perhaps one of the most marvellous instances on record in t...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:1 Abijam and Asa. The history of the kings of Judah continues. Abijam (vv. 1 Kings 15:1) is a bad Judean king. He follows the idolatry of the
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:10 Asa REIGNED FORTY-ONE YEARS, from 910 to 869 B.C. On the generations depicted by mother, DAUGHTER, and FATHER, see note on vv....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:12. THE SODOMITES—_vide_ Notes on 1 Kings 14:24. ALL THE IDOLS—גִּלּוּלִים, a word for despicable things. The Rabbins render it mud-gods; _Ewald_ renders i...
EXPOSITION THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH. _The Reign of Abijam_. 1 KINGS 15:1 NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, REIGNED ABIJAM [see n
And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave hi...
1 Kings 15:3; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 15:17;...
Right — As to the government of his kingdom, and the reformation, and establishment of God's worship. That is right indeed which is so in God's eyes. Those are approved whom he commendeth....