1. When Abijah died, they buried him in the City of David. Abijah’s son Asa became the new king after him. There was peace in the country for ten years in Asa’s time.
2. Asa did what the Lord his God said was good and right.
3. He took away the altars of the foreigners and the high places. He also smashed the memorial stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
4. He commanded the people of Judah to follow the Lord, the God their ancestors had worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands.