What does 2 Chronicles 16:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali."
ABEL-MAIM - or, “Abel-beth-maachah” 1 Kings 15:20. It was one of the towns most exposed to attack when an invader entered Israel from the north, and was taken from Pekah by Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 15:...
CHAPTER 16 ASA'S RELAPSE AND DEATH _ 1. War between Asa and Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1)_ 2. Hanani's rebuke (2 Chronicles 16:7) 3. Hanani imprisoned (2 Chronicles 16:10) 4. Asa's illness and death...
Taken from 1 Kings 15:16 with unimportant variations. 2 CHRONICLES 16:7. With the words of 2 Chronicles 16:9, from henceforth thou shalt have wars, contrast 1 Kings 15:16, and there was war between...
STORE CITIES. the storehouses of the cities. Septuagint reads "the surrounding cities"....
_and they smote_ The places smitten were all in the extreme north of Israel. _Ijon_ The city cannot be identified, but the name is preserved in _Merj -Iyûn_, a table-land north of the Jordan valley....
4. THE REIGN OF ASA (14-16) TEXT 2 Chronicles 14:1. So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet te...
_AND BEN-HA'DAD HEARKENED UNTO KING ASA, AND SENT THE CAPTAINS OF HIS ARMIES AGAINST THE CITIES OF ISRAEL; AND THEY SMOTE IJON, AND DAN, AND ABELMAIM, AND ALL THE STORE CITIES OF NAPHTALI._ Ben-hadad...
REIGN OF ASA (CONCLUDED) This chapter reproduces with some verbal differences 1 Kings 15:17, but adds an account of a rebuke received by Asa from the seer Hanani....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 ASA AND BEN-HADAD – 2 CHRONICLES 16:1-6 V1 In the 36th year of Asa’s...
ABEL-MAIM. — Kings, “Abel - beth - maachah” (comp. 2 Samuel 20:14, and 2 Kings 15:29). This city is nowhere else called Abel-maim, which is, per haps, an early mistake. The Syriac reads _Abel-beth- ma...
וַ יִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן הֲדַ֜ד אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠ יִּשְׁלַח אֶת ־שָׂרֵ֨י הַ חֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר...
ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION 2 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 2 Chronicles 16:1 ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of sanctity, was succeeded by his son Asa. The chro...
This is a very sad chapter, telling as it does the story of the lapse of a man who, considering the conditions under which he lived, had for six and thirty years been so remarkably true to God. When B...
_Nephthali. This seem preferable to the Hebrew reading, 3 K. xv. 20. C. --- Prot. "all the store-cities." Sept. "all the environs." H. --- Arabic, "all the arsenals of the cities of Nephthali."_...
The Syrian gladly availed himself to punish Israel. Herod and Pilate shall be good friends when joining against Jesus. But were it not for this, they would be sworn foes....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16. In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground, and he is blessed. Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...
2 Chronicles 16:1....
1 Asa, by the aide of the Syrians, diuerteth Baasha from building of Ramah. 7 Being reproued thereof by Hanani, he putteth him in prison. 11 Among his other actes in his disease he seeketh not to Go...
Asa's League with Damascus...
ASA GOES TO THE WORLD FOR HELP (vv.1-6) Baasha, king of Israel, had become alarmed at the thought of some from Israel defecting to Judah, Therefore he came and built Ramah as a buffer between the t...
HIS: _ Heb._ which were his...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben-Hadad H1130 heeded H8085 (H8799) King H4428 Asa H609 sent H7971 (H8799) captains H8269 armies H2428 cities H5892 Israel H3478 attacked H5221 (H8686) Ijon H5859 Dan H1835 Maim H66...
CONTENTS: War between Asa and Baasha. Asa's rebuke and death. CHARACTERS: God, Asa, Hanani, Baasha, Ben-hadad. CONCLUSION: God is much displeased when He is distrusted and when the arm of flesh is r...
2 Chronicles 16:1. _In the six and thirtieth year._ Baasha began to reign the third year of Asa, and he reigned twenty four years. 1 Kings 15:33. And when obliged by Benhadad to abandon the fortificat...
_Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord._ THE FOLLY OF BRIBERY Trust in man, not in God-- I. Led to sacrilege in religious things. Gifts bestowed or pro...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 16:2 SILVER AND GOLD. See note on 1 Kings 15:18–19. THERE IS (or “Let there be”) A COVENANT. Asa entered into an alliance with Ben-hadad, at the cost of the temple an...
CRITICAL NOTES.] As a prevents Baasha from invading Judah (2 Chronicles 16:1); Asa reproved by Hanani (2 Chronicles 16:7); Asa’s sickness and end (2 Chronicles 16:11; _cf._ parallel in 1 Kings 15:16)....
EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter fall easily into three parts: Asa's conflict with Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1; parallel, 1 Kings 15:16-11); Hanani's rebuke of Asa, and Asa's ill reception of it...
In the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha who was now the king of Israel started to fortify the city of Ramah, north of Jerusalem, in order that he might cut off all of the trade that is coming in...
1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Chronicles 17:12; 2 Chronicles 8:6; 2 Peter 2:15; Genesis 14:14; Judges 18:28; Judges 18:29;...