“In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 15 contains 34 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.