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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 16:1 - Strong Concordance
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| 2Ch 16:1 |
Strong Concordance |
In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063]. |
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King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ASA, BY A LEAGUE WITH THE SYRIANS, DIVERTS BAASHA FROM BUILDING RAMAH. (Ch2 16:1-14)
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha . . . came up against Judah--Baasha had died several years before this date (Kg1 15:33), and the best biblical critics are agreed in considering this date to be calculated from the separation of the kingdoms, and coincident with the sixteenth year of Asa's reign. This mode of reckoning was, in all likelihood, generally followed in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel, the public annals of the time (Ch2 16:11), the source from which the inspired historian drew his account.
Baasha . . . built Ramah--that is, fortified it. The blessing of God which manifestly rested at this time on the kingdom of Judah, the signal victory of Asa, the freedom and purity of religious worship, and the fame of the late national covenant, were regarded with great interest throughout Israel, and attracted a constantly increasing number of emigrants to Judah. Baasha, alarmed at this movement, determined to stem the tide; and as the high road to and from Jerusalem passed by Ramah, he made that frontier town, about six miles north of Asa's capital, a military station, where the vigilance of his sentinels would effectually prevent all passage across the boundary of the kingdom (see on Kg1 15:16-22; also Jer 41:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This passage runs parallel with Kings (see the marginal reference). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
to Asa
That is, none of his subjects. (Ch2 16:5); (Ch2 16:6); (Ch2 15:9). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
War with Baasha, and the weakness of Asa's faith. The end of his reign. - Ch2 16:1-6. Baasha's invasion of Judah, and Asa's prayer for help to the king of Syria. The statement, "In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha the king of Israel came up against Judah," is inaccurate, or rather cannot possibly be correct; for, according to Kg1 16:8, Kg1 16:10, Baasha died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa's reign, and his successor Elah was murdered by Zimri in the second year of his reign, i.e., in the twenty-seventh year of Asa. The older commentators, for the most part, accepted the conjecture that the thirty-fifth year (in Ch2 15:19) is to be reckoned from the commencement of the kingdom of Judah; and consequently, since Asa became king in the twentieth year of the kingdom of Judah, that Baasha's invasion occurred in the sixteenth year of his reign, and that the land had enjoyed peace till his fifteenth year; cf. Ramb. ad h. l.; des Vignoles, Chronol. i. p. 299. This is in substance correct; but the statement, "in the thirty-sixth year of Asa's kingship," cannot re reconciled with it. For even if we suppose that the author of the Chronicle derived his information from an authority which reckoned from the rise of the kingdom of Judah, yet it could not have been said on that authority, אסא למלכוּת. This only the author of the Chronicle can have written; but then he cannot also have taken over the statement, "in the thirty-sixth year," unaltered from his authority into his book. There remains therefore no alternative but to regard the text as erroneous - the letters ל (30) and י (10), which are somewhat similar in the ancient Hebrew characters, having been interchanged by a copyist; and hence the numbers 35 and 36 have arisen out of the original 15 and 16. By this alteration all difficulties are removed, and all the statements of the Chronicle as to Asa's reign are harmonized. During the first ten years there was peace (Ch2 14:1); thereafter, in the eleventh year, the inroad of the Cushites; and after the victory over them there was the continuation of the Cultus reform, and rest until the fifteenth year, in which the renewal of the covenant took place (Ch2 15:19, cf. with Ch2 15:10); and in the sixteenth year the war with Baasha arose.
(Note: Movers, S. 255ff., and Then. on 1 Kings 15, launch out into arbitrary hypotheses, founded in both cases upon the erroneous presumption that the author of the Chronicle copied our canonical books of Kings - they being his authority-partly misunderstanding and partly altering them.)
The account of this war in Ch2 16:1-6 agrees with that in Kg1 15:17-22 almost literally, and has been commented upon in the remarks on 1 Kings 15. In Ch2 16:2 the author of the Chronicle has mentioned only the main things. Abel-maim, i.e., Abel in the Water (Ch2 16:4), is only another name for Abel-Beth-Maachah (Kings); see on Sa2 20:14. In the same verse נפתּלי ערי כּל־מסכּנות ואת is surprising, "and all magazines (or stores) of the cities of Naphtali," instead of נפתּלי כּל־ארץ על כּל־כּנּרות את, "all Kinneroth, together with all the land of Naphtali" (Kings). Then. and Berth. think ערי מסכנות has arisen out of ארץ and כנרות by a misconception of the reading; while Gesen., Dietr. in Lex. sub voce כּנּרות, conjecture that in Kg1 15:20 מסכּנות should be read instead of כּנּרות. Should the difference actually be the result only of a misconception, then the latter conjecture would have much more in its favour than the first. But it is a more probable solution of the difficulty that the text of the Chronicle is a translation of the unusual and, especially on account of the כּל־ארץ נ על, scarcely intelligible כּל־כּנּרות. כּנּרות is the designation of the very fertile district on the west side of the Sea of Kinnereth, i.e., Gennesaret, after which a city also was called כּנּרת (see on Jos 19:35), and which, on account of its fertility, might be called the granary of the tribal domain of Naphtali. But the smiting of a district can only be a devastation of it, - a plundering and destruction of its produce, both in stores and elsewhere. With this idea the author of the Chronicle, instead of the district Kinnereth, the name of which had perhaps become obsolete in his time, speaks of the מסכּנות, the magazines or stores, of the cities of Naphtali. In Ch2 16:5, too, we cannot hold the addition את־מלאכתּו ויּשׁבּת, "he caused his work to rest," as Berth. does, for an interpretation of the original reading, בּתרצה ויּשׁב (Kings), it having become illegible: it is rather a free rendering of the thought that Baasha abandoned his attempt upon Judah. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Of the reign - Or, of the kingdom of Asa, that is, of the kingdom of Judah, which was now Asa's kingdom; or from the time of the division of the two kingdoms. Rehoboam reigned seventeen years, Abijah three years, Asa had now reigned fifteen years, all which put together, make up the thirty five years mentioned Ch2 15:19, and in the next year Baasha wars against him; and the ground of the war was the defection of many of his subjects to Asa, Ch2 15:9. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The six and thirtieth year - After the division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; according to Usher. This opinion is followed in our margin; see the note on Kg1 15:16, where this subject is farther considered.
Concerning Baasha's building of Ramah, see the note on Kg1 15:17. |
9 Now the pit [0953] wherein Ishmael [03458] had cast [07993] all the dead bodies [06297] of the men [0582], whom he had slain [05221] because [03027] of Gedaliah [01436], was it which Asa [0609] the king [04428] had made [06213] for fear [06440] of Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478]: and Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] filled [04390] it with them that were slain [02491].
16 And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].
17 And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
18 Then Asa [0609] took [03947] all the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that were left [03498] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and king [04428] Asa [0609] sent [07971] them to Benhadad [01130], the son [01121] of Tabrimon [02886], the son [01121] of Hezion [02383], king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
19 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, and between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] unto thee a present [07810] of silver [03701] and gold [02091]; come [03212] and break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
20 So Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of the hosts [02428] which he had against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478], and smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelbethmaachah [062], and all Cinneroth [03672], with all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321].
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] thereof, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and dwelt [03427] in Tirzah [08656].
22 Then king [04428] Asa [0609] made a proclamation [08085] throughout all Judah [03063]; none was exempted [05355]: and they took [05375] away the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] had builded [01129]; and king [04428] Asa [0609] built [01129] with them Geba [01387] of Benjamin [01144], and Mizpah [04709].
11 And, behold, the acts [01697] of Asa [0609], first [07223] and last [0314], lo, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478].
33 In the third [07969] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Baasha [01201] the son [01121] of Ahijah [0281] to reign [04427] over all Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], twenty [06242] and four [0702] years [08141].
1 In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
2 Then Asa [0609] brought out [03318] silver [03701] and gold [02091] out of the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] and of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] to Benhadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
3 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, as there was between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] thee silver [03701] and gold [02091]; go [03212], break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
4 And Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelmaim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] it, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and let his work [04399] cease [07673].
6 Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].
7 And at that time [06256] Hanani [02607] the seer [07200] came [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559] unto him, Because thou hast relied [08172] on the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and not relied [08172] on the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], therefore is the host [02428] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758] escaped [04422] out of thine hand [03027].
8 Were not the Ethiopians [03569] and the Lubims [03864] a huge [07230] host [02428], with very [03966] many [07235] chariots [07393] and horsemen [06571]? yet, because thou didst rely [08172] on the LORD [03068], he delivered [05414] them into thine hand [03027].
9 For the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] run to and fro [07751] throughout the whole earth [0776], to shew himself strong [02388] in the behalf of them whose heart [03824] is perfect [08003] toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly [05528]: therefore from henceforth [06258] thou shalt have [03426] wars [04421].
10 Then Asa [0609] was wroth [03707] with the seer [07200], and put [05414] him in a prison [04115] house [01004]; for he was in a rage [02197] with him because of this thing. And Asa [0609] oppressed [07533] some of the people [05971] the same time [06256].
11 And, behold, the acts [01697] of Asa [0609], first [07223] and last [0314], lo, they are written [03789] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] and Israel [03478].
12 And Asa [0609] in the thirty [07970] and ninth [08672] year [08141] of his reign [04438] was diseased [02456] in his feet [07272], until his disease [02483] was exceeding [04605] great: yet in his disease [02483] he sought [01875] not to the LORD [03068], but to the physicians [07495].
13 And Asa [0609] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and died [04191] in the one [0259] and fortieth [0705] year [08141] of his reign [04427].
14 And they buried [06912] him in his own sepulchres [06913], which he had made [03738] for himself in the city [05892] of David [01732], and laid [07901] him in the bed [04904] which was filled [04390] with sweet odours [01314] and divers kinds [02177] of spices prepared [07543] by the apothecaries [04842]' art [04639]: and they made [08313] a very [03966] great [01419] burning [08316] for him.
9 And he gathered [06908] all Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the strangers [01481] with them out of Ephraim [0669] and Manasseh [04519], and out of Simeon [08095]: for they fell [05307] to him out of Israel [03478] in abundance [07230], when they saw [07200] that the LORD [03068] his God [0430] was with him.
6 Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] it, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and let his work [04399] cease [07673].
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] it, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and let his work [04399] cease [07673].
35 And the fenced [04013] cities [05892] are Ziddim [06661], Zer [06863], and Hammath [02575], Rakkath [07557], and Chinnereth [03672],
20 So Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of the hosts [02428] which he had against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478], and smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelbethmaachah [062], and all Cinneroth [03672], with all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321].
14 And he went [05674] through all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] unto Abel [059], and to Bethmaachah [01038], and all the Berites [01276]: and they were gathered together [06950] [07035], and went [0935] also after [0310] him.
4 And Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelmaim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].
2 Then Asa [0609] brought out [03318] silver [03701] and gold [02091] out of the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] and of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] to Benhadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
17 And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
18 Then Asa [0609] took [03947] all the silver [03701] and the gold [02091] that were left [03498] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004], and delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of his servants [05650]: and king [04428] Asa [0609] sent [07971] them to Benhadad [01130], the son [01121] of Tabrimon [02886], the son [01121] of Hezion [02383], king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
19 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, and between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] unto thee a present [07810] of silver [03701] and gold [02091]; come [03212] and break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
20 So Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of the hosts [02428] which he had against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478], and smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelbethmaachah [062], and all Cinneroth [03672], with all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321].
21 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] thereof, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and dwelt [03427] in Tirzah [08656].
22 Then king [04428] Asa [0609] made a proclamation [08085] throughout all Judah [03063]; none was exempted [05355]: and they took [05375] away the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] had builded [01129]; and king [04428] Asa [0609] built [01129] with them Geba [01387] of Benjamin [01144], and Mizpah [04709].
1 In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
2 Then Asa [0609] brought out [03318] silver [03701] and gold [02091] out of the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] and of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] to Benhadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
3 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, as there was between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] thee silver [03701] and gold [02091]; go [03212], break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
4 And Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelmaim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] it, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and let his work [04399] cease [07673].
6 Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].
10 So they gathered themselves together [06908] at Jerusalem [03389] in the third [07992] month [02320], in the fifteenth [02568] [06240] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
19 And there was no more war [04421] unto the five [02568] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
1 So Abijah [029] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead. In his days [03117] the land [0776] was quiet [08252] ten [06235] years [08141].
19 And there was no more war [04421] unto the five [02568] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
10 And Zimri [02174] went in [0935] and smote [05221] him, and killed [04191] him, in the twenty [06242] and seventh [07651] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and reigned [04427] in his stead.
8 In the twenty [06242] [08141] and sixth [08337] year [08141] of Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063] began Elah [0425] the son [01121] of Baasha [01201] to reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Tirzah [08656], two years [08141].
1 In the six [08337] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609] Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], to the intent that [01115] he might let [05414] none go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
2 Then Asa [0609] brought out [03318] silver [03701] and gold [02091] out of the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] and of the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] to Benhadad [01130] king [04428] of Syria [0758], that dwelt [03427] at Damascus [01834], saying [0559],
3 There is a league [01285] between me and thee, as there was between my father [01] and thy father [01]: behold, I have sent [07971] thee silver [03701] and gold [02091]; go [03212], break [06565] thy league [01285] with Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478], that he may depart [05927] from me.
4 And Benhadad [01130] hearkened [08085] unto king [04428] Asa [0609], and sent [07971] the captains [08269] of his armies [02428] against the cities [05892] of Israel [03478]; and they smote [05221] Ijon [05859], and Dan [01835], and Abelmaim [066], and all the store [04543] cities [05892] of Naphtali [05321].
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha [01201] heard [08085] it, that he left off [02308] building [01129] of Ramah [07414], and let his work [04399] cease [07673].
6 Then Asa [0609] the king [04428] took [03947] all Judah [03063]; and they carried away [05375] the stones [068] of Ramah [07414], and the timber [06086] thereof, wherewith Baasha [01201] was building [01129]; and he built [01129] therewith Geba [01387] and Mizpah [04709].
9 And he gathered [06908] all Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the strangers [01481] with them out of Ephraim [0669] and Manasseh [04519], and out of Simeon [08095]: for they fell [05307] to him out of Israel [03478] in abundance [07230], when they saw [07200] that the LORD [03068] his God [0430] was with him.
19 And there was no more war [04421] unto the five [02568] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of the reign [04438] of Asa [0609].
17 And Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] against Judah [03063], and built [01129] Ramah [07414], that he might not suffer [05414] any to go out [03318] or come in [0935] to Asa [0609] king [04428] of Judah [03063].
16 And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].