Asa

Asa was the third king of the Kingdom of Judah (Southern Kingdom) for forty years. His father was Abijam and his mother was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. He married Azubah the daughter of Shilhi and was the father of Jehoshaphat. Asa did what was right in God's eyes. He removed from the land all the idols that Abijam had made and all the male cult prostitutes from the land. Unfortunately he did not remove all the high places. Asa removed Maacah from queen mother as she made an Asherah pole. He cut it down and burned it at the Kidron River.

During all Asa's days as king he was at war with Baasha king of Israel. Baasha started building the city of Ramah so that he could stop anyone from from entering or exiting Israel. When hearing of this Asa sent a great treasure to Ben-hadad king of Syria to break his treaty with Israel and instead attack them. This caused Israel to withdrawal their armies against Judah and abandon Ramah. Asa gathered all of Judah and carried away the stones and timbers of Ramah and fortified the cities of Geba and Mizpah.

In his old age, his feet became diseased and he was buried in Jerusalem.