English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 16:12
12In 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the Lord’s help but turned only to his physicians.
Context of 2 Chronicles 16:12
10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time. 11The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 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. 13And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. 14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.
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
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 7:2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
- Luke 6:37"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.
- 1 Chronicles 10:14He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.
- Genesis 50:2And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Job 13:4As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Matthew 9:12But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
- Mark 2:17And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."
- Mark 5:26and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
- Colossians 4:14Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
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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