2 Chronicles 16:7-12

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.

Asa’s Reign Ends

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 

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. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 11:4

11:4 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ¹⁰  They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “the seer.”

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

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 Lord, only the healers.

⁹ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “for his thing is from me.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and they heard the words of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam.”