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Asa, King of Judah

Asa was the third king of Judah (reigned 908-867 BC). He was the son and successor
of Abijah. His mother was Maachah. Asa became King of Judah in the 20th year of
the reign of Israel's King Jeroboam, and reigned 41 years.

Asa was a loyal adherent of the worship of God and did what was right in the eyes
of the Lord. He instituted reforms to rid the land of heathen deities and
practices. He banished the perverted persons from the land, and removed all the
idols that his father had made. He also demoted Maachah from her position as Queen
Mother because of her paganism.

There was a 10-year period of peace at the beginning of Asa's reign, during which
he fortified cities on his frontiers and raised an army of 580,000 men. He was
attacked by an army of 1,000,000 troops from Ethiopia under the leadership of
General Zerah. Asa cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord defeated the
Ethiopians, and Asa and the army of Judah triumphed as the Ethiopians fled. Asa
then cleared the land of Judah and Benjamin of all idols. Then the people entered
into a contract to worship only the Lord God of their fathers.

King Baasha of Israel then declared war on Asa. Asa paid King Ben-hadad of Syria
to help him defeat King Baasha. The Israelites were defeated, but God, through the
prophet Hanani, let Asa know that he had made a mistake by going to Syria for
help, instead of God. Asa died in the 41st year of his reign and was buried in
Jerusalem. His son, Jehoshaphat, became king.

Asa's story is found in 1 Kings 15:8-24, and in 2 Chronicles, chapters 14-16.