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He built Ramah in order to keep anyone from leaving or coming to King Asa of Judah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Asa brought out the silver and gold from the treasuries of the LORD's temple and the royal palace and sent it to Aram's King Ben-hadad, who lived in Damascus, saying,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the LORD and the king’s house and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"There's a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel's King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“There is a covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stopped his work.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then he built Geba and Mizpah with them.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">At that time, the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, "Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from you.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? When you depended on the LORD, he handed them over to you.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, he gave them into your hand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to show himself strong for those who are wholeheartedly devoted to him. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Asa was enraged with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Note that the events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a disease in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his disease he didn't seek the LORD but only the physicians.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Asa rested with his fathers; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. 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