Reformed Churchmen: King Asa: לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

King Asa: לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם

A Facebook Discussion:

For the OT guys, help. Concerning Asa's heart: perfect, full, shalom. "Steadfast in his purposes" is more of a dynamic and accurate equivalent. Thoughts. 2 Chron 15.17.

D Philip Veitch the heart of Asa was perfect
ἢ καρδία ασα ἐγένετο πλήρης
cor Asa erat perfectum
לְבַב־אָסָא הָיָה שָׁלֵם
58 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
Street translation, ethically, for Christian Marines = "waffling is unauthorized...double-mindedness is wrong...and failure in mission-committment is unauthorized."

Asa was "single-minded."

Again, help from the Hebrew guys.
57 minutes ago ·

V Kerry Inman
You nailed it.
53 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
Kerry, will look increasingly for your input. You're the go-to-man on Hebrew here. Thanks.
15 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch
A fair summary on Asa at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_of_Judah:

Azariah son of Oded, a wiseman and prophet, exhorted Asa [5] to reinforce strict national observance of Judaism, and Asa paid heed. He purged the land of former religious worships; all the sites of non-Judaic worship were destroyed and the nation entered into a covenant or oath ... See Moretogether [6] . The Queen Mother, Maacah, was also deposed for having been involved with local, non-Judaic gods, worships, and beliefs, which were practiced by neighboring peoples. He also banned prostitution and prosecuted all offenders. Finally, when the religious transition was completed in Asa's fifteenth year, a great feast was held in Jerusalem at Solomon's Temple (2 Chronicles 15:10-11). At that time, many northerners, particularly from the tribes Ephraim and Manasseh, migrated to the Kingdom of Judah because of the fruitful golden age in Judah, and the internal conflict in Israel after the fall of the dynasty of Jeroboam I.

5 minutes ago ·

D Philip Veitch Albright and Thiele on chronology:

William F. Albright has dated his reign to 913 BC – 873 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 911/910 – 870/869 BC.[8] Thiele's chronology for the first kings of Judah contained an internal inconsistency that later scholars corrected by dating these kings one year earlier, so that Asa's dates are taken as 912/... See More911 to 871/870 BC in the present article. 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles describe his reign in a favorable manner. They both give his reign as lasting 41 years.