1In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah,—that he might let none come out or go in, unto 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 brought forth silver and gold, out of the treasuries of the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king,—and sent unto Ben-hadad, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:stylus2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Kings 12:183[Let there be] a covenant, between me and thee, as between my father and thy father.—Lo! I have sent thee silver and gold, go break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may go up from me.stylusPsalms 15:4, Psalms 15:4, 2 Samuel 21:2, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Exodus 32:214And Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the chieftains of the forces which he had, against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon and Dan, and Abel-maim,—and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.stylus2 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Kings 9:19, Judges 18:28, Judges 18:29, Judges 20:15And it cams to pass, when Baasha heard it, he left off building Ramah,—and let his work cease.stylus6And, Asa the king, took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timbers thereof, which Baasha had used in building,—and he built therewith, Geba and Mizpah.stylus1 Kings 15:22, Zechariah 14:10, Joshua 18:24, Joshua 18:26, 1 Chronicles 6:607And, at that time, came Hanani the seer, unto Asa the king of Judah,—and said unto him, Because thou hast leaned upon the king of Syria, and hast not leaned upon Yahweh thy God, for this cause, hath the force of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.stylus1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 1 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 146:38Were not, the Ethiopians and the Lybians, a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst lean upon Yahweh, he delivered them into thy hand.stylus2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 13:16, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 2 Chronicles 14:129For, as touching Yahweh, [seeing that], his eyes, are ever running to and fro throughout all the earth, to shew himself strong with them who are perfect toward himself, thou hast made thyself foolish over this,—for, from henceforth, there shall be with thee—wars.stylus1 Peter 3:12, 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:1710Then was Asa angry with the seer, and put him in the house of the stocks, for he was in a rage with him, over this,—and Asa oppressed some of the people, at that time.stylus2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 18:26, 2 Chronicles 25:16, Isaiah 51:23, Luke 3:2011But lo! the story of Asa, first and last, there it is, 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 26:2212And Asa became diseased—in the thirty-ninth year of his reign—in his feet, exceedingly severe, was his disease,—yet, even in his disease, he sought not Yahweh, but unto physicians.stylusJeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:5, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 2 Chronicles 28:22, 1 Chronicles 10:1413And Asa slept with his fathers,—yea he died in the forty-first year of his reign;stylus1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 15:2414and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices—yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer’s art,—and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.stylus2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Genesis 50:2, Jeremiah 34:5