2 Chronicles 16:6

2 Chronicles 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
• New International Version (NIV)Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of 2 Chronicles 16:6

4And Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon and Dan and Abelmaim, and all the store-magazines of the cities of Naphtali. 5And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. And king Asa took all Judah; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building, and he built with them Geba and Mizpah. 7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.

2 Chronicles 16:6 word by word

וְאָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לָקַח֙ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֣בֶן בָּהֶ֔ם אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• carriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• Ramahרָמָהrâmâh · RamahH7414
• Baashaבַּעְשָׁאba‛shâ' · BaashaH1201
• buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Gebaגֶּ֫בַעgeba‛ · GebaH1387
• Mizpahמִצְפָּהmitspâh · MizpahH4709

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 16:6

• 1 Kings 15:22And king Asa called together all Judah: none was exempted; and they carried away the stones and the timber from Ramah, with which Baasha had been building; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
• Joshua 18:24and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
• 2 Chronicles 21:17and they came up into Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.
• 1 Chronicles 6:60and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.
• Isaiah 10:29They are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.
• Zechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem shall be turned as the Arabah; and [Jerusalem] shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her own place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
• Joshua 15:38and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
• Joshua 18:26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
• 1 Samuel 7:6And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
• 1 Samuel 10:17And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 16:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Took all Judah - See on 1 Kings 15:22; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Asa gathered workers to use materials from Ramah to strengthen his kingdom's northern border. Mizpah is often identified with Tell en-Nasba, about four miles north of Ramah and two miles from Bethel. Geba was likely located three miles beyond the watershed east of Gibeah, guarding a valley that leads to Jericho and the sanctuary at Gilgal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-142Ch 16:1-14. Asa, by a League with the Syrians, Diverts Baasha from Building Ramah. 1-6. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha ... came up against Judah--Baasha had died several years before this date (1Ki 15:33), and the best biblical critics are agreed in considering this date to be calculated from the separation of the kingdoms, and coincident with the sixteenth year of Asa's reign. This mode of reckoning was, in all likelihood…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 16:6

• Armies
• Baasha
• Geba
• Mizpah
• Ramah

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Baasha
• Judah
• Mizpah
• Ramah
• Hanani
• Rama
• Rely

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