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or woman.
14
And they sware unto the L
ORD
with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets,
and with cornets.
15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and
sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the L
ORD
gave them rest round
about.
16
And also
concerning
Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from
being
queen,
because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped
it,
and burnt
it
at the brook Kidron.
17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart
of Asa was perfect all his days.
18
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he
himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19
And there was no
more
war unto the five
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
CHAPTER CHRONICLES 16
In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and
built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2
Then
Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the L
ORD
and of the king’s
house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3
There is
a league
between me and thee, as
there was
between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver
and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4
And Ben-
hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and
they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
5
And it came to
pass, when Baasha heard
it,
that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
6
Then Asa
the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith
Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
7
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 L
ORD
thy God, therefore is the host of the
king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host,
with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the L
ORD
, he delivered them
into thine hand.
9
For the eyes of the L
ORD
run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself
strong in the behalf of
them
whose heart
is
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him
in a prison house; for
he was
in a rage with him because of this
thing.
And Asa oppressed
some
of
the people the same time.
11
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they
are
written in the book of the kings of
Judah and Israel.
12
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 L
ORD
, but to the physicians.
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