16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 1 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! 16:9 Certainly 2 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 3 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 4 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war. 16:10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. 5 Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
16:11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 6 16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 7 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 8
1 tn Heb “the seer.”
2 tn Or “for.”
3 tn Heb “the eyes of the
4 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
5 tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”
6 tn Heb “Look, the events of Asa, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
7 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
8 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the