1 Kings 15:5-13

English Standard Version

⁵ because ^(A)David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, ^(B)except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. ^6 (C)Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. ^7 (D)The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ^(E)And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. ^8 (F)And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.

Asa Reigns in Judah

⁹ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, ¹⁰ and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. ^11 (G)And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. ¹² He put away the ^(H)male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed ^(I)all the idols that his fathers had made. ^13 (J)He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and ^(K)burned it at the brook Kidron.