1 Abijah lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David’s City. His son Asa succeeded him as king.In Asa’s time, the land had peace for ten years.
2 Asa did what was right and good in the Lord his God’s eyes.
3 He removed the foreign altars and shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles,
4 and urged Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, by doing what the Instruction and the commandments required.
5 He also removed the shrines and incense altars from all the cities of Judah so that the kingdom was at peace under him.
6 When the land was at peace, he built fortified cities in Judah; there was no war in those years because the Lord had given him rest.