Dual Panel1In the thirty-sixth <08337> <07970> year <08141> of Asa’s <0609> reign <04438>, King <04428> Baasha <01201> of Israel <03478> attacked <05921> <05927> Judah <03063>, and he established <01129> Ramah <07414> as a military outpost to prevent <05414> <01115> anyone from leaving <03318> or entering <0935> the land of King <04428> Asa <0609> of Judah <03063>.
2Asa <0609> took <03318> all the silver <03701> and gold <02091> that was left in the treasuries <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and of the royal <04428> palace <01004> and sent <07971> it to <0413> King <04428> Ben Hadad <01130> of Syria <0758>, ruler <03427> in Damascus <01834>, along with this message <0559>:
3“I want to make a treaty <01285> with <0996> you, like the one our fathers <01> <01> made. See <02009>, I have sent <07971> you silver <03701> and gold <02091>. Break <06565> your treaty <01285> with <0854> King <04428> Baasha <01201> of Israel <03478>, so he will retreat <05927> from <05921> my land.”
4Ben Hadad <01130> accepted <08085> King <04428> Asa’s <0609> offer and ordered <07971> his army <02428> commanders <08269> to <0413> attack <05221> the cities <05892> of Israel <03478>. They conquered <05221> Ijon <05859>, Dan <01835>, Abel Maim <066>, and all <03605> the storage <04543> cities <05892> of Naphtali <05321>.
5When <01961> Baasha <01201> heard <08085> the news, he stopped <02308> fortifying <01129> Ramah <07414> and abandoned <07673> the project <04399>.
6King <04428> Asa <0609> ordered <03947> all <03605> the men of Judah <03063> to carry <05375> away the stones <068> and wood <06086> that <0834> Baasha <01201> had used to build <01129> Ramah <07414>. He used the materials to build up <01129> Geba <01387> and Mizpah <04709>.
7At that <01931> time <06256> Hanani <02607> the prophet <07200> visited <0935> King <04428> Asa <0609> of Judah <03063> and said <0559> to <0413> him: “Because you relied <08172> on <05921> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> and did not <03808> rely <08172> on <05921> the Lord <03069> your God <0430>, the army <02426> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> has escaped <04422> from your hand <03027>.
8Did not <03808> the Cushites <03569> and Libyans <03864> have <01961> a huge <07230> army <02428> with chariots <07393> and a very <03966> large number <07235> of horsemen <06571>? But when you relied <08172> on <05921> the Lord <03068>, he handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to you!
9Certainly <03588> the Lord <03068> watches <05869> the whole <03605> earth <0776> carefully <07751> and is ready to strengthen <02388> those who are devoted <08003> <03824> to <0413> him. You have acted foolishly <05528> in <05921> this <02063> matter; from <03588> now <06258> on you will <03426> have war <04421>.
10Asa <0609> was so angry <03707> at <0413> the prophet, he put <05414> him in jail <04115>. Asa <0609> also oppressed <07533> some <04480> of the people <05971> at that time <06256>.
11The events <01697> of Asa’s <0609> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the Scroll <05612> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478>.
12In the thirty-ninth <08672> <07970> year <08141> of his reign <04438>, Asa <0609> developed a foot <07272> disease <02456>. Though his disease <02483> was severe <04605>, he did not <03808> seek <01875> the Lord <03068>, but only the doctors <07495>.
13Asa <0609> passed away <07901> in <05973> the forty-first <0259> <0705> year <08141> of his reign <04427>.
14He was buried <06912> in the tomb <06913> he had carved out <03738> in the City <05892> of David <01732>. They laid <07901> him to rest on a bier <04904> covered <04390> with spices <01314> and assorted <02177> mixtures of ointments <04842>. They made <08313> a huge <03966> <01419> bonfire <08316> to <05704> honor him.