In an earlier post, I discussed Abijah, king of the southern kingdom of Judah and Jeroboam,  the king of the northern kingdom of Israel.  In this post I want to discuss Asa, the son of Abijah, who ascended the throne over Judah after his father’s death. This is the first of several (it looks like) [...]

Second Chronicles  chapter 13 carries the account of a battle between Jeroboam and Abijah.  It is an interesting account because in it and the account in the following chapters about Asa, we see the reasons for the fall of nations and kings. Jeroboam: the Great Pretender Jeroboam had been the ruler over the Northern Kingdom of Israel  for 18 [...]