2 Chronicles
Chapter Sixteen
1 ¶ In the thirty-sixth
year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built
Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2 Then Asa brought silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD
and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-Hadad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus,
saying,
3 "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father
and your father. Here, I have sent you silver and gold; come, break your treaty
with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me."
4 So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against
the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage
cities of Naphtali.
5 Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah and
ceased his work.
6 Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber
of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them he built Geba and
Mizpah.
7 ¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said
to him: "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied
on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from
your hand.
8 "Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots
and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your
hand.
9 "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this
you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars."
10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged
at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
11 Note that the acts of Asa, first and last, are indeed written in the book
of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet,
and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but
the physicians.
13 So Asa rested with his fathers; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City
of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various
ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning
for him.
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