1 Kings 15:23-24

1 Kings 15:23-24

[23] The rest  of all the acts  of Asa,  and all his might,  and all that he did,  and the cities  which he built,  are they not written  in the book  of the chronicles  of the kings  of Judah?  Nevertheless in the time  of his old age  he was diseased  in his feet.  [24] And Asa  slept  with his fathers,  and was buried  with his fathers  in the city  of David  his father:  and Jehoshaphat  his son  reigned  in his stead.

What does 1 Kings 15:23-24 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Asa experienced some personal discipline for his trust in the flesh ( 1 Kings 15:23; 2 Chronicles 16:12). It may have been because of his ill health (gout?) that Asa"s Song of Solomon , Jehoshaphat, became coregent with him late in his reign (873-870 B.C.). [1] McFall believed Jehoshaphat"s coregency began in872or871. [2] When Asa died, Ahab was reigning in Israel (874-853 B.C.).
Asa"s heart was right with God his whole reign ( 1 Kings 15:14), as David"s had been. Nevertheless, like David, he also sinned. He experienced personal blessing in the form of a long reign and victory over his enemies because of his commitment to Yahweh. He also became a source of blessing to Judah.