1 Kings 15:11

11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

1 Kings 15:11 in Other Translations

11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done.

11 Asa did what was pleasing in the LORD ’s sight, as his ancestor David had done.

11 Asa conducted himself well before God, reviving the ways of his ancestor David.

11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.

11 Asa did what the LORD considered right, as his ancestor David had done.

11 Asa did what was right in the Lord's eyes, as his ancestor David had done.

11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That's what King David had done.

1 Kings 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 15:11

And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as
did David his father.
] In his personal walk and conversation, in his government of the nation, and especially in the matters of his God, and of religion, he made David his pattern and example to copy after.

1 Kings 15:11 In-Context

9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.

13 He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 9:4