King James Version
1 Kings 15:9 in the King James Version says “And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.”
1 Kings 15:9 · KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. mother's: that is, grandmother's
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“over Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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