GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Asa

In the Old Testament, the third king of Judah. The scriptures record that his "heart was perfect with the Lord all his days" (1 Kgs. 15: 14). During his reign he raised the army to a state of efficiency, threw off the Ethiopian yoke, removed the false idols, and invited the people to make a covenant to seek Jehovah (1 Kgs. 15-16; 2 Chr. 14-16). However, when he became diseased in his feet, he did not seek the Lord's help and died (1 Kgs. 15: 23-24; 2 Chr. 16: 12-13).