1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.stylus2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:5, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:172So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:stylus2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Kings 12:183“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”stylusPsalms 15:4, Psalms 15:4, 2 Samuel 21:2, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Exodus 32:214And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.stylus2 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Kings 9:19, Judges 18:28, Judges 18:29, Judges 20:15When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.stylus6Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.stylus1 Kings 15:22, Zechariah 14:10, Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:26, 1 Chronicles 6:607At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.stylus1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 146:38Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.stylus2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 13:16, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 2 Chronicles 14:129For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”stylus1 Peter 3:12, 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:1710Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.stylus2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Isaiah 51:23, Luke 3:2011Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.stylus2 Chronicles 27:7, 2 Chronicles 35:27, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 15:24, 2 Chronicles 26:2212In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.stylusJeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:5, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 1 Chronicles 10:1413So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.stylus1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 15:2414And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.stylus2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, Jeremiah 34:5