1 Kings 15:23-26

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa

23 ¹Now 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? But 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 ²Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

Nadab, then Baasha, Rules over Israel

25 Now ³Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

26 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and ⁴walked in the way of his father and ⁵in his sin which he made Israel sin.

1 Kings 15:23-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 16:11-14
• 2. 1 Kings 22:41-44; 2 Chronicles 17:1; Matthew 1:8
• 3. 1 Kings 14:20
• 4. 1 Kings 12:28-33; 1 Kings 13:33, 34
• 5. 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:30, 34