American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 16:12
12And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians.
2 Chronicles 16:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign 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.
- New International Version (NIV)In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the physicians.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but sought help from physicians.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 16:12
10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. 11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians. 13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 162 Chronicles 16:12 word by word
וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ לֹא־דָרַ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 16:12
- Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
- Luke 6:37And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
- 1 Chronicles 10:14and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
- Genesis 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- Matthew 9:12But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
- Mark 2:17And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
- Mark 5:26and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
- Colossians 4:14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Diseased in his feet - He had a strong and long fit of the gout; this is most likely. He sought not to the Lord - "He did not seek discipline from the face of the Lord, but from the physicians." - Targum. Are we not taught by this to make prayer and supplication to the Lord in our afflictions, with the expectation that he will heal us when he finds us duly humbled, i.e., when the end is answered for which he sends the affliction?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Yet in his disease he sought not - Rather, “and also in his disease he sought not.” Not only in his war with Baasha, but also when attacked by illness, Asa placed undue reliance upon the aid of man.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12People often viewed sickness as a punishment for sin (see 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; 26:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Asa ... was diseased in his feet--probably the gout. yet his disease was exceeding great--better, "moved upwards" in his body, which proves the violent and dangerous type of the malady. yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians--most probably Egyptian physicians, who were anciently in high repute at foreign courts, and who pretended to expel diseases by charms, incantations, and mystic arts. Asa's fault consisted in his…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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