2 Chronicles 16:12

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

10Asa was angry with the prophet, so he put him in prison. At that time Asa also started to do cruel things to some people. 11All the things that happened while Asa was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of the kings of Judah and Israel’. When Asa had been king for 39 years, he had a disease in his feet. He became very ill, but he did not ask the Lord to help him. Instead, he asked doctors to make him better. 13Asa died when he had been king for 41 years. 14His people buried him in the grave that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They put him on a special bed that had spices and different kinds of perfume on it. They burned a large fire to give him honour.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• in the thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
• and ninthתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of his reignמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• was diseasedחָלָאchâlâ' · be sickH2456
• in his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• until his diseaseחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
• exceedingמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• he soughtדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• not to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but to the physiciansרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 16:12

• Matthew 7:2God will think about you in the same way that you think about other people. He will use the same rules for you as you use for other people.
• Luke 6:37Do not say to anyone, “You are a bad person.” Then God will not say to you, “You are a bad person.” Do not say to anyone, “God should punish you because you are bad.” Then God will not say that you are guilty. Forgive other people and God will forgive you.
• Revelation 3:19I help everyone that I love. When they have done wrong things, I tell them, ‘You have done a wrong thing.’ I show them the right thing that they should do. So be serious about how you live. Stop doing wrong things and turn to me.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9The Lord carefully watches over the whole earth. If people serve him faithfully, he makes them strong. But you have done a foolish thing. As a result, you will now always be fighting wars.’
• 2 Chronicles 28:22During this time of trouble, King Ahaz did even more bad things against the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 10:14He did not ask the Lord to tell him what he should do. So the Lord punished him with death. The Lord gave the kingdom of Israel to Jesse's son, David, instead.
• Jeremiah 17:5The Lord says, ‘I will curse those who only trust people to help them. They think that human strength will save them, and they turn away from me, the Lord.
• Genesis 50:2Then Joseph told some of his servants to take Jacob's body. They knew how to put special oil on the body so that it would not become spoiled. Joseph's servants did what he told them to do.
• Job 13:4What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors.
• Jeremiah 8:22Surely there is a medicine in Gilead. There is a doctor there who can make my dear people better. But my people are still ill. Why are they not better?
• Matthew 9:12Jesus heard what the Pharisees were saying. He said to them, ‘People who are well do not need a doctor. It is people who are ill that need a doctor.
• Mark 2:17Jesus heard what these people were saying. He said to them, ‘People who are well do not need a doctor. It is people who are ill that need a doctor. Some people think that they always obey God. I did not come to help people like that. Some people know that they have done wrong things. I am asking those people to come to me for help.’
• Mark 5:26She had paid many doctors to help her to become well. But they could not do anything. Now she had spent all her money. She had not become well. Instead, she was now worse.
• Colossians 4:14Our good friend Luke, the doctor, says ‘hello’ to you. Demas also says ‘hello’.

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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 16:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Disease
• Gout (?)
• Physician

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Physician
• Rely
• Chronicles, Books of
• Salvation
• Sick; Sickness

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