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.
Abijam was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon. The Books of Chronicles
Asa of Judah
…that in his old age, when afflicted with a foot disease, he "sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians". Asa is typically understood as the son of Abijam, King of Judah. Some scholars find the biblical accounts of Asa's family background contradictory; however, a study of Hebrew linguistics removes any…
Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling