1 Kings 15:9

Contemporary English Version

Asa became king of Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam's rule in Israel,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the twentieth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah,

Hebrew Names Version
In the twentieth year of Yarov`am king of Yisra'el began Asa to reign over Yehudah.

King James Version
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

English Standard Version
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah,

New Century Version
During the twentieth year Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.

New English Translation
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

Amplified Bible
So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king over Judah.

New American Standard Bible
So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the twentie yeere of Ieroboam King of Israel reigned Asa ouer Iudah.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

Complete Jewish Bible
It was in the twentieth year of Yarov‘am king of Isra'el that Asa began his reign over Y'hudah.

Darby Translation
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;

Easy-to-Read Version
During Jeroboam's 20th year as king over Israel, Asa became king of Judah.

George Lamsa Translation
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa reigned over Judah.

Good News Translation
In the twentieth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

Lexham English Bible
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

Literal Translation
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel Asa reigned over Judah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In ye twentyeth yeare of kynge Ieroboam ouer Israel, was Asa kynge in Iuda,

American Standard Version
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

Bible in Basic English
In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the twentith yere of Ieroboam king of Israel raigned Asa ouer Iuda.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

King James Version (1611)
And in the twentieth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa ouer Iudah.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign over Juda.

English Revised Version
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

Berean Standard Bible
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Asa, king of Jude, regnede in the twentithe yeer of Jeroboam, kyng of Israel;

Young's Literal Translation
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Asa over Judah,

Update Bible Version
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

World English Bible
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

New King James Version
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New Living Translation
Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel.

New Life Bible
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to rule as king of Judah.

New Revised Standard
In the twentieth year of King Jeroboam of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Asa to reign as king of Judah;

Douay-Rheims Bible
So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, reigned Asa, king of Juda,

Revised Standard Version
In the twentieth year of Jerobo'am king of Israel Asa began to reign over Judah,

THE MESSAGE
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began his rule over Judah. He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother's name was Maacah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Asa became king of Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam's rule in Israel, ¹⁰ and he ruled forty-one years from Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. ¹¹ Asa obeyed the Lord , as David had done. ¹² He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made. ¹³ His own grandmother Maacah had made an idol of Asherah, and Asa took it and burned it in Kidron Valley. Then he removed Maacah from her position as queen mother. ¹⁴ As long as Asa lived, he was completely faithful to the Lord , even though he did not destroy the local shrines. ¹⁵ He placed in the temple all the silver and gold objects that he and his father had dedicated to the Lord . ¹⁶ Asa was always at war with King Baasha of Israel. ¹⁷ One time, Baasha invaded Judah and captured the town of Ramah. He started making the town stronger, so he could put troops there to stop people from going in and out of Judah. ¹⁸ When Asa heard about this, he took the silver and gold from his palace and from the Lord 's temple. He gave it to some of his officials and sent them to Damascus with this message for King Benhadad of Syria:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 13:20 - he died

Cross-References

Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it in place of his son.

Leviticus 1:10
If you sacrifice a ram or a goat, it must not have anything wrong with it.

Leviticus 1:14
If you offer a bird for this kind of sacrifice, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

Leviticus 3:1
The Lord said: When you offer sacrifices to ask my blessing, you may offer either a bull or a cow, but there must be nothing wrong with the animal.

Leviticus 3:6
Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 9:2
Then he said to Aaron: Find a young bull and a ram that have nothing wrong with them. Offer the bull to the Lord as a sacrifice for sin and the ram as a sacrifice to please him.

Leviticus 9:4
Then the people must offer a bull and a ram as a sacrifice to ask the Lord 's blessing and also a grain sacrifice mixed with oil. Do this, because the Lord will appear to you today.

Leviticus 12:8
If she cannot afford a lamb, she can offer two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice to please me and the other as a sacrifice for sin.

Leviticus 14:22
Depending on what you can afford, you must also offer either two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me.

Psalms 50:5
"Call my followers together! They offered me a sacrifice, and we made an agreement."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. How this is to be accounted for

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