Dual Panel1In the six <08337> and thirtieth <07970> year <08141> of the reign <04438> of Asa <0609> Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478> came up <05927> (8804) against Judah <03063>_, and built <01129> (8799) Ramah <07414>_, to the intent that <01115> he might let <05414> (8800) none go out <03318> (8802) or come in <0935> (8802) to Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_.
2Then Asa <0609> brought out <03318> (8686) silver <03701> and gold <02091> out of the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> and of the king's <04428> house <01004>_, and sent <07971> (8799) to Benhadad <01130> king <04428> of Syria <0758>_, that dwelt <03427> (8802) at Damascus <01834>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, {Damascus: Heb. Darmesek}
3[There is] a league <01285> between me and thee, as [there was] between my father <01> and thy father <01>_: behold, I have sent <07971> (8804) thee silver <03701> and gold <02091>_; go <03212> (8798)_, break <06565> (8685) thy league <01285> with Baasha <01201> king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, that he may depart <05927> (8799) from me.
4And Benhadad <01130> hearkened <08085> (8799) unto king <04428> Asa <0609>_, and sent <07971> (8799) the captains <08269> of his armies <02428> against the cities <05892> of Israel <03478>_; and they smote <05221> (8686) Ijon <05859>_, and Dan <01835>_, and Abelmaim <066>_, and all the store <04543> cities <05892> of Naphtali <05321>_. {his: Heb. which were his}
5And it came to pass, when Baasha <01201> heard <08085> (8800) [it], that he left off <02308> (8799) building <01129> (8800) of Ramah <07414>_, and let his work <04399> cease <07673> (8686)_.
6Then Asa <0609> the king <04428> took <03947> (8804) all Judah <03063>_; and they carried away <05375> (8799) the stones <068> of Ramah <07414>_, and the timber <06086> thereof, wherewith Baasha <01201> was building <01129> (8804)_; and he built <01129> (8799) therewith Geba <01387> and Mizpah <04709>_.
7And at that time <06256> Hanani <02607> the seer <07200> (8802) came <0935> (8804) to Asa <0609> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Because thou hast relied <08172> (8736) on the king <04428> of Syria <0758>_, and not relied <08172> (8738) on the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>_, therefore is the host <02428> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> escaped <04422> (8738) out of thine hand <03027>_.
8Were not the Ethiopians <03569> and the Lubims <03864> a huge <07230> host <02428>_, with very <03966> many <07235> (8687) chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>_? yet, because thou didst rely <08172> (8736) on the LORD <03068>_, he delivered <05414> (8804) them into thine hand <03027>_. {a huge: Heb. in abundance}
9For the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068> run to and fro <07751> (8789) throughout the whole earth <0776>_, to shew himself strong <02388> (8692) in the behalf of [them] whose heart <03824> [is] perfect <08003> toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly <05528> (8738)_: therefore from henceforth <06258> thou shalt have <03426> wars <04421>_. {to shew...: or, strongly to hold with them, etc}
10Then Asa <0609> was wroth <03707> (8799) with the seer <07200> (8802)_, and put <05414> (8799) him in a prison <04115> house <01004>_; for [he was] in a rage <02197> with him because of this [thing]. And Asa <0609> oppressed <07533> (8762) [some] of the people <05971> the same time <06256>_. {oppressed: Heb. crushed}
11And, behold, the acts <01697> of Asa <0609>_, first <07223> and last <0314>_, lo, they [are] written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>_.
12And Asa <0609> in the thirty <07970> and ninth <08672> year <08141> of his reign <04438> was diseased <02456> (8799) in his feet <07272>_, until his disease <02483> [was] exceeding <04605> [great]: yet in his disease <02483> he sought <01875> (8804) not to the LORD <03068>_, but to the physicians <07495> (8802)_.
13And Asa <0609> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and died <04191> (8799) in the one <0259> and fortieth <0705> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800)_.
14And they buried <06912> (8799) him in his own sepulchres <06913>_, which he had made <03738> (8804) for himself in the city <05892> of David <01732>_, and laid <07901> (8686) him in the bed <04904> which was filled <04390> (8765) with sweet odours <01314> and divers kinds <02177> [of spices] prepared <07543> (8794) by the apothecaries <04842>_' art <04639>_: and they made <08313> (8799) a very <03966> great <01419> burning <08316> for him. {had made: Heb. had digged}