Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Asa"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Asa
physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third
king of Judah. He was zealous in maintaining the true worship of
God, and in rooting all idolatry, with its accompanying
immoralities, out of the land (1 Kings 15:8-14). The Lord gave
him and his land rest and prosperity. It is recorded of him,
however, that in his old age, when afflicted, he "sought not to
the Lord, but to the physicians" (comp. Jer. 17:5). He died in
the forty-first year of his reign, greatly honoured by his
people (2 Chr. 16:1-13), and was succeeded by his son
Jehoshaphat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asa \As"a\, n. [NL. asa, of oriental origin; cf. Per. az[=a]
mastic, Ar. as[=a] healing, is[=a] remedy.]
An ancient name of a gum.
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