Asa of Judah
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Asa was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David. Based on the Biblical chronology, Biblical scholars suggest that he reigned fro
Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Joram, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Abijah, Asa, and Jehoshaphat, by Lucas van Leyden
The crowning of Asa, from the Weltchronik Fulda.
Asa destroys the idols, from the Weltchronik Fulda.
Jehoshaphat
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Jehoshaphat, according to the Hebrew Bible, was the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah, in succession to his father. His children included Jehoram, who succeeded him as king. His
Asa of Judah
…of David. Based on the Biblical chronology, Biblical scholars suggest that he reigned from the late 10th to early 9th century BCE. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). According to Edwin R. Thiele's chronology, when Asa became very ill, he made Jehoshaphat coregent. Asa died two years into the…
Statues of Kings Jehoshaphat and Hezekiah at El Escorial, Spain
Triumph of Jehoshaphat over Adad of Syria as illustrated by Jean Fouquet (1470s) for Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Michelangelo's Asa-Jehoshaphat-Joram. The man on the left is generally considered to be Jehoshaphat.