1 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”
2 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
3 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
5 tc Most Hebrew
6 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.