Asa was the third king of Judah who reigned for 41 years in Jerusalem. He did what was right in God's eyes by removing idols and sodomites from the land, unlike previous kings. When a large Ethiopian army of one million men and 300 chariots came against Asa's army of 580,000 men, Asa prayed to God for help. God defeated the Ethiopians, and Asa and his men pursued them, gaining much spoil. Asa turned the people back to righteousness and seeking the Lord, and the land had peace during his reign.

1. Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
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Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
November 2, 2014

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1 Kings 15 1 Now in the
eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam, (he reigned 22 years)
the son of Nebat, reigned
Abijam over Judah. 2 Three
years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of
Abishalom (Absalom).
Solomon and Absalom
were both sons of David.
Rehoboam and Maachah
were cousins.
Abijam was their son and became king upon
Rehoboam’s death, for three years.
He loved sin.

4. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which
he had done before him: and his heart was not
perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of
David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake
did the LORD his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to
establish Jerusalem: 5 Because David did that
which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and
turned not aside from anything that He
Commanded him all the days of his life, save only
in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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5. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam all the days of his (Abijam’s) life. 7 Now
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? And there was war between
Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam slept with his
fathers; and they buried him in the city of David:
and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
The war which started between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continued throughout Abijam’s lifetime.
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6. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of
Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his grandmother’s
name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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Asa is Abijam’s son, and the
third king of Judah in twenty years.
Jeroboam is still king in Israel,
the northern kingdom.
Asa reigned 41 years in Jerusalem.

7. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of
the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took
away the sodomites out of the land, and removed
all the idols that his fathers had made.
Finally, a righteous king; the first
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one since King David.
He got rid of the idols and the sodomites.
We must not only cease to do evil, but learn to do
well;
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary

8. 2 Chronicles 14 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers,
and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa
his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land
was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was
good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods,
and the high places, and brake down the images,
and cut down the groves:
Right in the eyes of the Lord God is all that matters.
The culture may think it’s wrong; your
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family may think you are wrong.

9. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of
their fathers, and to do the law and the Command-ment.
Peace comes from the Lord.
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5 Also he took away out of all the cities of
Judah the high places and the images: and the
kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built
fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had
given him rest.
John 14 27 Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give
unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.

10. How do you seek the Lord God?
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Willingly live your life
according to God’s
Word, the Bible.

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7 Therefore Asa said unto
Judah, Let us build these cities,
and make about them walls,
and towers, gates, and bars,
while the land is yet before us;
because we have sought the
LORD our God, we have
sought Him, and He hath given
us rest on every side. So they
built and prospered.
They sought the
Lord through
obedience; He
gave them rest.

12. Asa aimed at pleasing God, and studied to approve
himself to him. Happy those that walk by this rule,
not to do that which is right in their own eyes, or in
the eye of the world, but which is so in God's sight.
We find by experience that it is good to seek the
Lord; it gives us rest; while we pursue the world,
we meet with nothing but vexation.
Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary
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13. 8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and
spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and
out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows,
two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were
mighty men of valor.
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Out of Judah
300,000 Out of Benjamin
280,000

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9 And there came out
against them Zerah the
Ethiopian with an host of
a thousand thousand (one
million), and three
hundred chariots; and
came unto Mareshah. 10
Then Asa went out against
him, and they set the
battle in array in the valley
of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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Asa had 580, 000 men against
Zerah’s one million men.
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16. 2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his
God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with Thee to
help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on
Thee, and in Thy Name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man
prevail against thee.
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Simple prayer
Effective!

17. 12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa,
and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And
Asa and the people that were with him pursued
them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were
overthrown, that they could not recover
themselves; for they were destroyed before the
LORD, and before His host; and they (the army of
Judah) carried away very much spoil.
God gave the wealth back to Judah, which
they had lost under Rehoboam’s leadership.
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18. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar;
for the fear of the LORD came upon them (the
people of the area): and they spoiled all the cities;
for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 15
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried
away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned
to Jerusalem.
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19. What sin has taken away, God can restore.
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We just do as Asa did: Turn from evil unto
righteousness in the sight of God.
What I think is right, may well be wrong.
What God says is right, is always right.