Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

We have here a short account of the reign of Asa; we shall find a more copious history of it Ch2 14:1-15, 15, and Ch2 16:1-14. Here is, I. The length of it: He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem, Kg1 15:10.

Commenting on 1 Kings 15:9-24

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days: That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many years before Asa, and this must be reckoned from the time the war began between them.

Adam Clarke Methodist @methodicalclarke

The sodomites - הקדשים hakkedeshim; literally, the holy or consecrated ones. See on Kg1 14:24 (note).