The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 15:11 (ASV)

And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 15:12 (ASV)

And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

 

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2 Chronicles 15:13 (BSB)
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

 

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2 Chronicles 15:14 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

 

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2 Chronicles 15:15 (NKJV)
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with all their soul; and He was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.

 

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2 Chronicles 15:16 (NKJV)
16 Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah; and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 15:17 (NKJV)

But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 15:18 (NKJV)

He also brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated: silver and gold and utensils.

 

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2 Chronicles 15:19 (BSB)
And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:1 (RSV)

1. In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Ba′asha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:2 (RSV)

Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and sent them to Ben-ha′dad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

 

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2 Chronicles 16:3 (HSCB)
"There's a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel's King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me."

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:4 (NIV)


Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:5 (NIV)

When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.

 

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2 Chronicles 16:6 (BSB)
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

 

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2 Chronicles 16:7 (BSB)
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 Syria escaped out of thine hand.

 

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2 Chronicles 16:8 (BSB)
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

 

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2 Chronicles 16:7 (BSB)
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 Syria escaped out of thine hand.

The above quoted verse is (KJV) not (BSB)

2 Chronicles 16:9 (BSB)
For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:10 (ASV)

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

 

[Deade]

2 Chronicles 16:11 (ASV)

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.