asa · Asa

What it means

asa (אָסָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Asa”.

A name of uncertain meaning. It is the king of Judah, son of Abijam, who reigned forty-one years and did what was right in the eyes of YHWH (1 Kings 15:9-24); a Levite also bears the name (1 Chronicles 9:16).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×26
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×29
• Jeremiah×1

• 1 Kings 15:8

  Abijam lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 15:9

  In year twenty of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa king of Judah began to reign.

• 1 Kings 15:11

  Asa did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, like David his father.

• 1 Kings 15:13

  And also Maacah his mother he removed from being lady, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

• 1 Kings 15:14

  But the high places were not removed; only the heart of Asa was whole with YHWH all his days.

• 1 Kings 15:16

  And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

• 1 Kings 15:17

  Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, so as not to let anyone go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and the treasuries of the house of the king, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

• 1 Kings 15:20

  Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of the troops that he had against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

• 1 Kings 15:22

  Then King Asa summoned all Judah, none exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building; and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

• 1 Kings 15:23

  The rest of all the deeds of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet.

• 1 Kings 15:24

  Asa lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 15:25

  Nadab son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in year two of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

• 1 Kings 15:28

  Baasha put him to death in year three of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 15:32

  And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

• 1 Kings 15:33

  In year three of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty and four years.

• 1 Kings 16:8

  In year twenty and six of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.

• 1 Kings 16:10

  and Zimri came in and struck him and put him to death, in year twenty and seven of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 16:15

  In year twenty and seven of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

• 1 Kings 16:23

  In year thirty and one of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned twelve years; in Tirzah he reigned six years.

• 1 Kings 16:29

  Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel in year thirty and eight of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

• 1 Kings 22:41

  Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to reign over Judah in year four of Ahab king of Israel.

• 1 Kings 22:43

  He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the eyes of YHWH. Only the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and offered up in smoke on the high places.

• 1 Kings 22:46

  And the rest of the sacred prostitutes who remained in the days of Asa his father, he swept away from the land.

• 1 Chronicles 3:10

  And the son of Solomon: Rehoboam; Abijah, his son; Asa, his son; Jehoshaphat, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 9:16

  and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

• 2 Chronicles 14:1

  Abijah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

• 2 Chronicles 14:2

  Asa did what was good and what was right in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 14:8

  Asa had a force carrying large shield and spear: from Judah, three hundred thousand; and from Benjamin, carrying shield and drawing the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor.

• 2 Chronicles 14:10

  Asa went out before him, and they drew up battle in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

• 2 Chronicles 14:11

  Asa cried out to YHWH his Elohim and said, “YHWH, there is none like you to help between the mighty and the one without strength. Help us, YHWH our Elohim, for on you we rely, and in your name we have come against this multitude. YHWH, you are our Elohim; do not let mortal man prevail against you.”

• 2 Chronicles 14:12

  YHWH struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushites fled.

• 2 Chronicles 14:13

  Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and of the Cushites there fell until they had no life left, for they were broken before YHWH and before his camp. And they carried away very much spoil.

• 2 Chronicles 15:2

  and he went out before Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! YHWH is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

• 2 Chronicles 15:8

  When Asa heard these words and the prophecy, Oded the prophet, he grew strong and removed the detestable things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of YHWH that was in front of the portico of YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 15:10

  They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of year fifteen of the reign of Asa.

• 2 Chronicles 15:16

  And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being lady, because she had made for Asherah a horrid image; and Asa cut down her horrid image, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.

• 2 Chronicles 15:17

  But the high places were not removed from Israel; only the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

• 2 Chronicles 15:19

  And there was no war until year thirty-five of the reign of Asa.

• 2 Chronicles 16:1

  In year thirty-six of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, so as not to let anyone go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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