2 Chronicles 16

Asa Wars against Baasha

1In the thirty-sixthH7970H8337 yearH8141 of Asa’sH609 reignH4438, 1BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 cameH5927 upH5927 againstH5921 JudahH3063 and 2fortifiedH1129 RamahH7414 in order to preventH1115H5414 anyone from goingH3318 outH3318 or comingH935 inH935 to AsaH609 kingH4428 of JudahH3063. 2Then AsaH609 broughtH3318 outH3318 silverH3701 and goldH2091 from the treasuriesH214 of the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 and the king’sH4428 houseH1004, and sentH7971 it to Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758, who livedH3427 in DamascusH1834, sayingH559, 3“A treatyH1285 must be made betweenH996 3you and me, as there was betweenH996 my fatherH1 and your fatherH1. BeholdH2009, I have sentH7971 you silverH3701 and goldH2091; goH1980, breakH6565 your treatyH1285 with BaashaH1201 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 so that he will withdrawH5927 from me.” 4And Ben-hadadH1130 listenedH8085 to KingH4428 AsaH609, and he sentH7971 the commandersH8269 of his armiesH2428 againstH413 the citiesH5892 of IsraelH3478, and they 4conqueredH5221 IjonH5859, DanH1835, Abel-maimH66, and allH3605 5the 6storageH4543 citiesH5892 of NaphtaliH5321. 5When BaashaH1201 heardH8085 about it, he stoppedH2308 7fortifyingH1129 RamahH7414 and putH7673 anH7673 endH7673 toH7673 his workH4399. 6Then KingH4428 AsaH609 broughtH3947 allH3605 JudahH3063, and they carriedH5375 away the stonesH68 of RamahH7414 and its timberH6086 with whichH834 BaashaH1201 had been buildingH1129, and with it he 8fortifiedH1129 GebaH1387 and MizpahH4709.

Asa Imprisons the Prophet

7At that timeH6256 9HananiH2607 the seerH7203 cameH935 to AsaH609 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 and saidH559 to him, “10Because you have reliedH8172 on the kingH4428 of AramH758 and have not reliedH8172 on the LordH3068 your GodH430, for thatH3651 reasonH3651 the armyH2428 of the kingH4428 of AramH758 has escapedH4422 from your handH3027. 8Were not 11the EthiopiansH3569 and the LubimH3864 12an immenseH7230 armyH2428 with veryH3966 manyH7235 chariotsH7393 and horsemenH6571? Yet 13because you reliedH8172 on the LordH3068, He handedH5414H3027 them overH5414 to you. 9For 14the eyesH5869 of the LordH3068 roamH7751 throughoutH3605 the earthH776, so that He may stronglyH2388 supportH2388 those 15whose heartH3824 is completelyH8003 His. You have actedH5528 foolishlyH5528 in thisH2088. IndeedH3588, from nowH6258 on you will haveH3426 warsH4421.” 10Then AsaH609 was angryH3707 with the seerH7203 and putH5414 him in 16prisonH1004H4115, for he was enragedH2197 at him for thisH2088. And AsaH609 mistreatedH7533 someH4480 of the peopleH5971 at the sameH1931 timeH6256.

1117NowH2009, the actsH1697 of AsaH609 from the firstH7223 to the lastH314, beholdH2009, they are writtenH3789 in the BookH5612 of the KingsH4428 of JudahH3063 and IsraelH3478. 12In the thirty-ninthH7970H8672 yearH8141 of his reignH4438 AsaH609 becameH2456 diseasedH2456 in his feetH7272. His diseaseH2483 was severeH4605, yet evenH1571 in his diseaseH2483 he 18did not seekH1875 the LordH3068, but the physiciansH7495. 13So AsaH609 19layH7901 downH7901 with his fathersH1, and diedH4191 in the forty-firstH705H259 yearH8141 of his reignH4427. 14They buriedH6912 him in his own tombH6913 whichH834 he had cutH3738 outH3738 for himself in the cityH5892 of DavidH1732, and they laidH7901 him in the restingH4904 placeH4904 whichH834 he had filledH4390 20with spicesH1314 of various kindsH2177 blendedH7543 by the perfumers’H4842 artH4639; and 21they madeH8313 a veryH5704H3966 greatH1419 fireH8316 for him.