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 furious at the seer. He was so angry with Hanani that he put Hanani in prison. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time in his reign. 11Everything about Asa from first to last is written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa got a foot disease that became progressively worse. Instead of asking the Lord for help, he went to doctors. 13Asa lay down in death with his ancestors. He died in the forty-first year of his reign. 14They buried him in the tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bed full of spices and blended perfumes. And they burned a bonfire in his honor.

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 7:2Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.
• Luke 6:37“Stop judging, and you will never be judged. Stop condemning, and you will never be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
• Revelation 3:19I correct and discipline everyone I love. Take this seriously, and change the way you think and act.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9The Lord’s eyes scan the whole world to find those whose hearts are committed to him and to strengthen them. You acted foolishly in this matter. So from now on, you will have to fight wars.”
• 2 Chronicles 28:22When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 10:14He didn’t request information from the Lord. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingship over to David, Jesse’s son.
• Jeremiah 17:5“This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
• Genesis 50:2Then Joseph ordered the doctors in his service to embalm his father. So the doctors embalmed Israel.
• Job 13:4But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians.
• Jeremiah 8:22Isn’t there medicine in Gilead? Aren’t there doctors there? Then why hasn’t the health of my dear people been restored?
• Matthew 9:12When Jesus heard that, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor; those who are sick do.
• Mark 2:17When Jesus heard that, he said to them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor; those who are sick do. I’ve come to call sinners, not people who think they have God’s approval.”
• Mark 5:26Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse.
• Colossians 4:14My dear friend Luke, the physician, and Demas greet 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

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