In the thirty-sixth year
of Asa's
reign
aBaasha
king
of Israel
came
up against
Judah
and 1fortified
Ramah
in order to prevent
anyone from going
out or coming
in to Asa
king
of Judah
.
Then Asa brought
out silver
and gold
from the treasuries
of the house
of the LORD
and the king's
house
, and sent
them to Ben-hadad
king
of Aram
, who lived
in Damascus
, saying
,
"Let there be a treaty between
1you and me, as between
my father
and your father
. Behold
, I have sent
you silver
and gold
; go
, break
your treaty
with Baasha
king
of Israel
so that he will withdraw
from me."
So Ben-hadad listened
to King
Asa
and sent
the commanders
of his armies
against
the cities
of Israel
, and they 1conquered
Ijon
, Dan
, Abel-maim
and all
athe 2store
cities
of Naphtali
.
When Baasha heard
of it, he ceased
1fortifying
Ramah
and stopped
his work
.
Then King Asa
brought
all
Judah
, and they carried
away the stones
of Ramah
and its timber
with which
Baasha
had been building
, and with them he 1fortified
Geba
and Mizpah
.
At that time aHanani
the seer
came
to Asa
king
of Judah
and said
to him, " bBecause you have relied
on the king
of Aram
and have not relied
on the LORD
your God
, therefore
the army
of the king
of Aram
has escaped
out of your hand
.
"Were not athe Ethiopians and the Lubim
ban immense
army
with very
many
chariots
and horsemen
? Yet cbecause you relied
on the LORD
, He delivered
them into your hand
.
"For athe eyes of the LORD
move
to and fro
throughout
the earth
that He may strongly
support
those bwhose heart
is completely
His. You have acted
foolishly
in this
. Indeed
, from now
on you will surely have
wars
."
Then Asa was angry
with the seer
and put
him in 1prison
, for he was enraged
at him for this
. And Asa
oppressed
some
of the people
at the same
time
.
aNow, the acts
of Asa
from first
to last
, behold
, they are written
in the Book
of the Kings
of Judah
and Israel
.
In the thirty-ninth year
of his reign
Asa
became
diseased
in his feet
. His disease
was severe
, yet even
in his disease
he adid not seek
the LORD
, but the physicians
.
So Asa slept
with his fathers
, 1having died
in the forty-first
year
of his reign
.
They buried him in his own tomb
which
he had cut
out for himself in the city
of David
, and they laid
him in the resting
place
which
he had filled
awith spices
of various kinds
blended
by the perfumers'
art
; and bthey made
a very
great
fire
for him.