0 Was Asa perfect?

Was Asa perfect?


Yes.

Asa's heart was perfect "all his days."
Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. 1 Kings 15:14

The heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 2 Chronicles 15:17

No.

Asa relied on the king of Syria instead of God.
Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 2 Chronicles 16:7
He oppressed the people.
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. 2 Chronicles 16:10
He asked physicians, not God, to cure his foot disease.
And Asa ... was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 2 Chronicles 16:12

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