Tree of Life Version
2 Chronicles 16:12
12Now in the thirty-nineth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet. His illness was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek Adonai but 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.
- 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
10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. 11Behold, the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. Now in the thirty-nineth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet. His illness was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek Adonai but physicians. 13Finally Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. 14He was buried in his own tomb, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David. They laid him in his resting place, which was filled with sweet spices and various blended perfumes and they made a very large fire for him.
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 judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
- Luke 6:37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Adonai range throughtout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are wholly His. You have acted foolishly in this matter. Indeed, from now on you will have wars.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In his time of distress, this same King Ahaz acted even more unfaithfully to Adonai.
- 1 Chronicles 10:14rather than inquire of Adonai. So He put him to death and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says Adonai: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, and depends on flesh as his arm, and whose heart turns from Adonai.
- Genesis 50:2Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Job 13:4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—all of you!
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Then why has no healing gone up for the daughter of my people?
- Matthew 9:12But when He heard this, Yeshua said, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do.
- Mark 2:17And when He heard this, Yeshua said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor, but those who are sick do. I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”
- Mark 5:26who had suffered much under many doctors. She had spent all that she had without benefit; instead, she grew worse.
- Colossians 4:14Luke, the dearly loved physician, sends you greetings, and so 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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