(not in 1 Kin.). The Intervention of Hanani
The Chronicler stands alone both in recording the condemnation of Asa in this passage and in himself condemning him in 2 Chronicles 16:12. In 1 Kin. no blame is passed on Asa.
Verse 2 Chronicles 16:7. _ESCAPED OUT OF THINE HAND._] It is difficult to know what is here intended. Perhaps the Divine providence had intended to give Asa a grand victory over the _Syrians_, who ha...
The rebuke of Hanani and his imprisonment by Asa, omitted by the writer of Kings, are among the most important of the additions to Asa’s history for which we are indebted to the author of Chronicles....
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)
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...
HANANI. Compare 1 Kings 16:1 1 Kings 16:7. 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:34. SEER. Hebrew. _ra_. _ah_. See note on...
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 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, AND NOT RELIED ON THE LORD THY GOD, THEREFORE IS THE HOST OF THE KING OF...
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....
HANANI] Nothing is known of him beyond what is here related, and the fact that he was the father of the prophet JEHU (2 Chronicles 19:2). BECAUSE THOU HAST RELIED] cp. the similar protests of Isaiah a...
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
HANANI THE SEER REBUKES ASA, AND IS IMPRISONED (2 Chronicles 16:7). (7) HANANI THE SEER. — Ha_-rô’eh._ (See on 1 Samuel 9:9.) The use of this term seems to point to an ancient source of this narrativ...
וּ בָ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֗יא בָּ֚א...
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 so
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...
_Syria. It seems more natural to read Israel. C. --- But we must remember that Benadad was an ally of Israel; and if he had not been bribed, he would have come to the assistance of Baasa, (H.) and thu...
What a precious thing it is in all masters, could they but be truly sensible of it, to have faithful servants. In the church of God how highly essential it is that the preachers should be so! What a l...
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...
AND AT THAT TIME HANANI THE SEER CAME TO ASA KING OF JUDAH,.... Being sent by the Lord to reprove him: AND SAID UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST RELIED ON THE KING OF SYRIA; on the covenant he made with h...
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, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of S...
_At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa_, &c. Here follows, in addition to what is recorded concerning Asa in the first book of Kings, a remarkable history, which relates his great weakness in his d...
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 REPROVED BY HANANI...
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 wh...
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 tw...
And so reserved to be a scourge to thy kingdom and posterity hereafter; whereas if he had joined with Baasha against thee, thou shouldst have overthrown them both, and prevented all that mischief whic...
2 Chronicles 16:7 time H6256 Hanani H2607 seer H7200 (H8802) came H935 (H8804) Asa H609 king H4428 Judah...
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...
_Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord._ ASA’S WANT OF FAITH Sin like Asa’s has been the supreme apostasy of the Church in all her branches and through all her gen...
_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 16:7 The rebuke by the prophet HANANI contrasts with Azariah’s encouraging message (2 Chronicles 15:2). Hanani
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...
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 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Kings 16:1; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 2 Chronicles 16:3;...
Escaped — And so reserved to be a scourge to thy kingdom and posterity: whereas if he had joined with Baasha against thee, thou shouldst have overthrown them both, and prevented all that mischief whic...