A'sa, son of Abijah, and third king of Judah (956-916 B.C.), strove zealously for the purity of religion, and to strengthen the defences of his kingdom. He repelled with immense slaughter an Egyptian invasion, and waged successful war against Baasha, king of Israel, with the aid of the Syrian monarch, Benhadad.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 473
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