person · P0402
Asa אסא
First of Yehudah's reforming kings: Kings says he did what was right in the eyes of God like David his father, purging the cult prostitutes and the idols and deposing the queen mother Maachah for her monstrous image. His long reign ran against Baasha of Israel, whom he checked by treaty with Aram.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- אסא
- Also known as
- King Asa
- Era
- bible
- Parents
- Aviyah
- Children
- Yehoshafat
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 2954–3025 AM (reigned 2984–3025, forty-one years)
- Academic
- reigned c. 911–870 BCE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈71 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the twentieth year of Yeravam king of Israel, Asa became king of Yehudah; he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Asa did what was right like David his father: he expelled the cult prostitutes, removed the idols his fathers made, and removed Maachah his mother from being gevirah for her monstrous image, which he cut down and burned at Nachal Kidron. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned 2984–3025 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM on the traditional (Seder Olam) timeline, with sub-year reigns counted as zero. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
|
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |