1And in the six and thirtieth year of his kingdom, Baasa the king of Israel came up against Juda, and built a wall about Rama, that no one might safely go out or come in of the kingdom of Asa.

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2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:5, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 11:17

2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's treasures, and sent to Benadad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

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2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Kings 12:18

3There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father, wherefore I have sent thee silver and gold, that thou mayst break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, and make him depart from me.

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Psalms 15:4, Psalms 15:4, 2 Samuel 21:2, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Exodus 32:21

4And when Benadad heard this, he sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel: and they took Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Nephtali.

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2 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Kings 9:19, Judges 18:28, Judges 18:29, Judges 20:1

5And when Baasa heard of it, he left off the building of Rama, and interrupted his work.

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6Then king Asa took all Juda, and they carried away from Rama the stones, and the timber that Baasa had prepared for the building: and he built with them Gabaa, and Maspha.

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1 Kings 15:22, Zechariah 14:10, Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:26, 1 Chronicles 6:60

7At that time Hanani the prophet came to Asa king of Juda, and said to him: Because thou hast had confidence in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord thy God, therefore hath the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.

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1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 146:3

8Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand?

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2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 13:16, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 2 Chronicles 14:12

9For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.

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1 Peter 3:12, 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17

10And Asa was angry with the seer, and commanded him to be put in prison: for he was greatly enraged because of this thing: and he put to death many of the people at that time.

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2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Isaiah 51:23, Luke 3:20

11But the works of Asa the first and last are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.

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2 Chronicles 27:7, 2 Chronicles 35:27, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 15:24, 2 Chronicles 26:22

12And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign, of a most violent pain in his feet, and yet in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but rather trusted in the skill of physicians.

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Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:5, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 1 Chronicles 10:14

13And he slept with his fathers: and he died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

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1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 15:24

14And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp.

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2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, Jeremiah 34:5