2 Chronicles 16
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2 Chronicles 16:1-6

1In the thirty-sixthH7970H8337H4438 yearH8141 of Asa’sH609 reign, BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 went upH5927 againstH5921 JudahH3063 and fortifiedH1129 RamahH7414 to preventH1115H5414 anyone from leavingH3318 or entering the territoryH935 of AsaH609 kingH4428 of JudahH3063. 2So AsaH609 withdrewH3318 the silverH3701 and goldH2091 from the treasuriesH214 of the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 and the royalH4428 palaceH1004, and he sent itH7971 with this messageH559 toH413 Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758, who was rulingH3427 in DamascusH1834: 3“Let there be a treatyH12851 between me and youH996 as there was betweenH996 my fatherH1H996 and your fatherH1. SeeH2009, I have sentH7971 you silverH3701 and goldH2091. Now goH1980 and breakH6565 your treatyH1285 withH854 BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, so that he will withdrawH5927 from meH5921.”

4And Ben-hadadH1130 listenedH8085 toH413 KingH4428 AsaH609 and sentH7971 the commandersH8269 of his armiesH2428 againstH413 the citiesH5892 of IsraelH3478, conqueringH5221 IjonH5859, DanH1835, Abel-maimH66,2 and allH3605 the storeH4543 citiesH5892 of NaphtaliH5321.

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When BaashaH1201 learned of thisH8085, he stoppedH2308 fortifyingH1129 RamahH7414 and abandonedH7673 his workH4399. 6Then KingH4428 AsaH609 broughtH3947 allH3605 the men of JudahH3063, and they carried awayH5375 the stonesH68 of RamahH7414 and the timbersH6086 BaashaH1201 had used for buildingH1129. And with these materials he built upH1129 GebaH1387 and MizpahH4709.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Chronicles 16:3 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; twice in this verse. ↩
  2. 2. 2 Chronicles 16:4 Abel-maim was also known as Abel-beth-maacah; see 1 Kings 15:20. ↩

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