H0609G–אָסָא–a.sa

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead; in his days the land was quiet ten years.

אָסָ֥א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God;

אָסָא֙ 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand; all these were mighty men of valour.

לְאָסָ֗א (אָסָ֗א) 'a.Sa' “Asa”

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah.

אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said: 'LORD, there is none beside Thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength; help us, O LORD our God; for we rely on Thee, and in Thy name are we come against this multitude. Thou art

אָסָ֜א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so that none remained alive; for they were shattered before the LORD, and before His host; and they carried away very much booty.

אָסָ֜א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

אָסָא֒ 'a.Sa' “Asa”אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “O Asa”

And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewe

אָסָ֜א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

אָסָֽא׃ 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

אָסָ֣א 'a.Sa' “Asa”אָסָא֙ 'a.Sa' “Asa”

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

אָסָ֛א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

אָסָֽא׃ 'a.Sa' “Asa”

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

אָסָ֔א 'a.Sa' “Asa”לְאָסָ֖א (אָסָ֖א) 'a.Sa' “Asa”

Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying:

אָסָ֜א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

אָסָ֗א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

וְאָסָ֣א (אָסָ֣א) 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him: 'Because thou hast relied on the king of Aram, and hast not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Aram escaped out of thy hand.

אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

אָסָ֜א 'a.Sa' “Asa”אָסָ֛א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

אָסָ֔א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great; yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

אָסָ֡א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

אָסָ֥א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.

אָסָ֖א 'a.Sa' “Asa”

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah;

אָסָ֥א 'a.Sa' “Asa”