2 Chronicles 16
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1 In the six and thirtieth
year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built
Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of
Judah.
2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out
of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to
Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3 There is a league between me and
thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent
thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he
may depart from me.
4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa,
and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote
Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it,
that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha
was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
7 And at that time Hanani the
seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on
the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of
the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a
huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on
the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them
whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and
put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing.
And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and
last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 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.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and
died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14 And they buried him in his own
sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in
the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices
prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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