2 Chronicles 14:1
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
This verse opens the account of Asa's reign in Judah, whose acts are recorded in chapters fourteen through sixteen. Abijah slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead in the succession of the kings of Judah after Rehoboam, while Jeroboam still ruled the northern kingdom. After Abijah's death Asa succeeded him as king.
Asa was one of the truly great kings of Judah, described as the greatest king after Solomon and as truly a reformer. In his days the land was quiet ten years at the start of his reign. Those ten years were a testing time in which he remained faithful to God.
That rest was connected with his faithful reforms, for he trusted God, called Judah to seek God and obey His law, and removed the idols encouraged by his father and grandfather. So God gave the kingdom rest, and the people prospered as they sought God, allowing Asa to build and fortify cities. When a vast Ethiopian army later attacked, Asa relied on God in prayer and God gave Judah victory.
Asa's loyalty to God was shown by the character of his son Jehoshaphat who followed him and was an even greater king. Yet Asa later fell through prosperity and ill-advised alliances, ending his days in foolishness. His wrath was aroused when reproved by the prophet of God, and he died of sore diseases because he sought not to Jehovah but to the physicians.