Yet in his disease he sought not ... - Rather, “and also in his disease he sought not.” Not only in his war with Baasha, but also when attacked by illness, Asa placed undue reliance upon the aid of man.
Verse 2 Chronicles 16:12. _DISEASED IN HIS FEET_] He had a strong and long fit of the _gout_; this is most likely. _HE SOUGHT NOT TO THE LORD_] "He did not seek discipline from the face of the Lord,...
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...
SOUGHT NOT. Contrast Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:2.Isaiah 38:2; Isaiah 38:3.) PHYSICIANS. healers. First occurrence of mention of them among the Hebrews. These belonged to the priestly tribe, with traditiona...
_until his disease_was _exceeding_great] R.V. HIS DISEASE WAS EXCEEDING GREAT. _he sought not_to _the Lord, but to the physicians Physicians_(Heb. _rôph"îm_) are condemned by implication here, no dou...
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 ASA IN THE THIRTY AND NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN WAS DISEASED IN HIS FEET, UNTIL HIS DISEASE WAS EXCEEDING GREAT: YET IN HIS DISEASE HE SOUGHT NOT TO THE LORD, BUT TO THE PHYSICIANS._ Diseased in h...
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....
SOUGHT NOT TO THE LORD] Contrast the conduct of Hezekiah in his sickness: see 2 Kings 20:2....
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
DISEASED IN HIS FEET. — 1 Kings 15:23, “only _in the time of his old age_ he was diseased in his feet.” The nature of the disease is not specified here or in Kings. UNTIL HIS DISEASE WAS EXCEEDING GRE...
וַ יֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּ שְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹושִׁ֨ים...
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...
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] (e) exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the (f) physicians. (e)...
Most, &c. Heb. "till his disease got upwards," (C.) to the head (T.) and heart, (H.) when the gout generally proves fatal. Cornelius a Lapide --- Sept. "till he was very ill:" (H.) a just punishment f...
The disease of Asa seems to have been remarkable, as if it was peculiarly sent of the Lord, that it is so described, - Perhaps a lameness. He had confined the prophet, and now the Lord confines him. B...
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 ASA IN THE THIRTY NINTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN WAS DISEASED IN HIS FEET,.... This was about two years before his death, and his disease is generally thought to be the gout in his feet, and a just retal...
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. Ver. 12. _W...
_Asa was diseased in his feet_ Afflicted with the gout in a high degree. “He put the prophet in the stocks,” says Henry, “and now God put him in the stocks; so his punishment answered his sin.” _Until...
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...
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 h...
ASA REPROVED BY HANANI...
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...
He did not humble himself before God, nor earnestly desire his help, but put all his confidence in the skill and faithfulness of his physicians, of whom, it seems, he had great experience....
2 Chronicles 16:12 thirty-ninth H7970 H8672 year H8141 reign H4438 Asa H609 diseased H2456 (H8799) feet H727
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...
_And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet _ MIND-CURE That sickness is twin born with sin is the oldest tradition in the world. Our maladies arise from something f...
_And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the books of the kings._ ASA; OR FAILURE AT THE LAST Asa’s case is a Scriptural declaration, that one who has begun well, who h...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 16:11 THE BOOK OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. See 2 Chronicles 12:15;...
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 10:14; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Colossians 4:14;...
Sought not — He did not humble himself before God, but put his confidence in the skill and faithfulness of his physicians. His making use of physicians was his duty, but his trusting in them, and expe...