In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, or, more exactly, so many years after the division of the kingdom, in Asa's sixteenth year, BAASHA, KING OF ISRAEL, the successor of Nadab, who followed Jeroboam, CAME UP AGAINST JUDAH AND BUILT RAMAH, on his southern boundary, about six miles north... [ Continue Reading ]
Asa's League with Damascus... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, a part of the immense sums gathered by David and Solomon, AND SENT TO BENHADAD, KING OF SYRIA, THAT DWELT AT DAMASCUS, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father, for the Syrian kingdoms had apparently ceased to be tributary to the Jews after the division of the kingdom; BEHOLD, I HAVE SENT THEE SILVER AND GOLD, namely, with the present embassy, which he had taken from the t... [ Continue Reading ]
And Benhadad hearkened unto King Asa, induced to do so by the greatness of the present sent to him, AND SENT THE CAPTAINS OF HIS ARMIES AGAINST THE CITIES OF ISRAEL, to divert Baasha from his purpose by an attack on his country; AND THEY SMOTE IJON, AND DAN, two cities on the extreme northern border... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and therewith his hostile undertaking against Judah, AND LET HIS WORK CEASE. It was never resumed, for his death occurred shortly afterwards.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Asa the king took all Judah, he assembled all able-bodied men; AND THEY CARRIED AWAY THE STONES OF RAMAH AND THE TIMBER THEREOF WHEREWITH BAASHA WAS BUILDING; AND HE BUILT THEREWITH GEBA AND MIZPAH, he fortified cities on his own border. It was a weakness of Asa to place his trust in the king o... [ Continue Reading ]
And at that time Hanani, the seer, came to Asa, king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, placing his trust in flesh, AND NOT RELIED ON THE LORD, THY GOD, for whom it would have been an easy matter to find a way of deliverance, THEREFORE IS THE HOST OF THE KING... [ Continue Reading ]
ASA REPROVED BY HANANI... [ Continue Reading ]
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 12:3, WITH VERY MANY CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN? YET, BECAUSE THOU DIDST RELY ON THE LORD, HE DELIVERED THEM INTO THINE HAND. This experience should have strengthened Asa's faith to such an extent that he would not have t... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Asa, adding to his foolishness, WAS WROTH WITH THE SEER AND PUT HIM IN A PRISON-HOUSE; FOR HE WAS IN A RAGE WITH HIM BECAUSE OF THIS THING. His pride was offended, he resented the frankness of the prophet. AND ASA OPPRESSED SOME OF THE PEOPLE THE SAME TIME, he vented his spite also on others of... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, a full account of his reign, LO, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was diseased in his feet, probably with the gout or a similar sickness, UNTIL HIS DISEASE WAS EXCEEDING GREAT, literally, "till it reached a great height," either because it slowly spread upward through his body, or because the pain was exceedingly... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign, having, as it seems, returned to a better state of mind.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made for himself in the City of David, very likely excavated in the side of a rock, according to the custom then in use, AND LAID HIM IN THE BED, WHICH WAS FILLED WITH SWEET ODORS AND DIVERS KINDS OF SPICES, very costly embalming compounds, PRE... [ Continue Reading ]