16:1 In
the
thirty-sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa,
Baasha
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.
16:2 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-hadad
king
of
Syria,
who
lived
in
Damascus,
saying,
16:3 "There
is
a
covenant
between
me
and
you,
as
there
was
between
my
father
and
your
father.
Behold,
I
am
sending
to
you
silver
and
gold.
Go,
break
your
covenant
with
Baasha
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
withdraw
from
me."
16:4 And
Ben-hadad
listened
to
King
Asa
and
sent
the
commanders
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel,
and
they
conquered
Ijon,
Dan,
Abel-maim,
and
all
the
store
cities
of
Naphtali.
16:5 And
when
Baasha
heard
of
it,
he
stopped
building
Ramah
and
let
his
work
cease.
16:6 Then
King
Asa
took
all
Judah,
and
they
carried
away
the
stones
of
Ramah
and
its
timber,
with
which
Baasha
had
been
building,
and
with
them
he
built
Geba
and
Mizpah.
16:7 At
that
time
Hanani
the
seer
came
to
Asa
king
of
Judah
and
said
to
him,
"Because
you
relied
on
the
king
of
Syria,
and
did
not
rely
on
the
LORD
your
God,
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria
has
escaped
you.
16:8 Were
not
the
Ethiopians
and
the
Libyans
a
huge
army
with
very
many
chariots
and
horsemen
Yet
because
you
relied
on
the
LORD,
he
gave
them
into
your
hand.
16:9 For
the
eyes
of
the
LORD
run
to
and
fro
throughout
the
whole
earth,
to
give
strong
support
to
those
whose
heart
is
blameless
toward
him.
You
have
done
foolishly
in
this,
for
from
now
on
you
will
have
wars."
16:10 Then
Asa
was
angry
with
the
seer
and
put
him
in
the
stocks
in
prison,
for
he
was
in
a
rage
with
him
because
of
this.
And
Asa
inflicted
cruelties
upon
some
of
the
people
at
the
same
time.
16:11 The
acts
of
Asa,
from
first
to
last,
are
written
in
the
Book
of
the
Kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
16:12 In
the
thirty-ninth
year
of
his
reign
Asa
was
diseased
in
his
feet,
and
his
disease
became
severe.
Yet
even
in
his
disease
he
did
not
seek
the
LORD,
but
sought
help
from
physicians.
16:13 And
Asa
slept
with
his
fathers,
dying
in
the
forty-first
year
of
his
reign.
16:14 They
buried
him
in
the
tomb
that
he
had
cut
for
himself
in
the
city
of
David.
They
laid
him
on
a
bier
that
had
been
filled
with
various
kinds
of
spices
prepared
by
the
perfumer's
art,
and
they
made
a
very
great
fire
in
his
honor.