Bible Strands
1 Kings 15:23
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader of the historical record to summarize King Asa’s reign and note his final illness. This report follows Asa’s forced labor project to fortify Geba and Mizpah and precedes his death and Jehoshaphat’s accession.
The words — The Hebrew יֶתֶר (yeter) means "the rest" or "remainder," consistently paired with כָּל (kol, "all") and גְּבוּרָתוֹ (gevurato, "his might") to denote the totality of Asa’s rule. These terms function as a literary marker indicating that the current account is a selective excerpt from a larger archive.
The thread — This formulaic closure appears in 1 Kings 14:29 for Rehoboam, 1 Kings 15:7 for Abijam, and 2 Chronicles 16:11 specifically identifies the "Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel" as the source for Asa’s complete record.
Why it lands — The text records Asa’s physical decline in his old age without attaching explicit moral judgment to the event. It requires the reader to acknowledge the limits of the biblical narrative and to recognize that the full evaluation of his reign rests in the cited chronicles.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 14:29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 1 Kings 15:7 As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 16:11 Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- Psalms 90:10 The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.