2 Chronicles 16:5

16:5 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying 1  Ramah and abandoned the project. 2 

2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. 3 

2 Chronicles 16:6

16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. 4  He used the materials to build up 5  Geba and Mizpah.

1 tn Heb “building.”

2 tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”

3 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

5 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

6 tn Heb “and he built with them.”