¹⁷ Although the illegal worship sites in Israel were not taken down, Asa remained committed to the Lord his entire life. ¹⁸ He brought into Elohim’s temple the silver, the gold, and the utensils he and his father had set apart as holy.

King Asa’s War with King Baasha^(A)

¹⁹ There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.