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  16:1 ¶
And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Judah{gr.Juda}, and built Ramah{gr.Rama}, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Judah{gr.Juda}. |
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16:1 ¶
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.° |
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16:2
And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent [them] to the son of Hadad{gr.Ader} king of Syria, which dwelt in Damascus, saying, |
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16:2
Then Asa°
brought out°°
silver°
and gold°
out of the treasures°°
of the house°
of Yahweh°
and of the king's°
house,°
and sent°°
to°
Benhadad°
king°
of Syria,°
that dwelt°°
at Damascus,°
saying,°° |
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16:3
Make a covenant between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasha{gr.Baasa} king of Israel, and let him depart from me. |
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16:3
[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. |
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16:4
And the son of Hadad{gr.Ader} hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and smote Aeon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Naphtali{gr.Nephthali}. |
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16:4
And Benhadad°
hearkened°°
unto°
king°
Asa,°
and sent°°°
the captains°
of his°
armies°
against°
the cities°
of Israel;°
and they smote°°°
Ijon,°
and Dan,°
and Abelmaim,°
and all°
the store°
cities°
of Naphtali.° |
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16:5
And it came to pass when Baasha{gr.Baasa} heard [it] he left off building Ramah{gr.Rama}, and put a stop to his work: |
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16:5
And it came to pass,°
when Baasha°
heard°°
[it], that he left off°°
building°°°°
of Ramah,°
and let°
his work°
cease.°° |
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16:6
then king Asa took all Judah{gr.Juda}, and took the stones of Ramah{gr.Rama}, and its timber, [with] which Baasha{gr.Baasa} [had] built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha. |
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16:6
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.° |
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16:7 ¶
And at that time came Hananiah{gr.Anani} the prophet to Asa king of Judah{gr.Juda}, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand. |
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16:7 ¶
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°
Yahweh°
thy Elohim,°
therefore°°
is the host°
of the king°
of Syria°
escaped°°
out of thine hand.°° |
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16:8
Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into thy hands, because thou trustedst in the Lord? |
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16:8
Were°
not°
the Ethiopians°
and the Lubims°
a huge°
host,°
with very°
many°°
chariots°
and horsemen?°
yet, because thou didst rely°°
on°
Yahweh,°
he delivered°°
them into thine hand.° |
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16:9
For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee. |
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16:9
For°
the eyes°
of Yahweh°
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.° |
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16:10
And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time. |
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16:10
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.° |
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16:11 ¶
And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah{gr.Juda} and Israel. |
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16:11 ¶
And, behold,°
the acts°
of Asa,°
first°
and last,°
lo,°
they [are] written°°
in°
the book°
of the kings°
of Judah°
and Israel.° |
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16:12
And Asa was diseased [in] his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. |
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16:12
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 Yahweh,°
but°
to the physicians.°° |
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16:13 ¶
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the fortieth year of his reign. |
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16:13 ¶
And Asa°
slept°°
with°
his fathers,°
and died°°
in the one°
and fortieth°
year°
of his reign.°° |
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16:14
And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled [it] with spices and [all] kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral. |
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16:14
And they buried°°
him in his own sepulchres,°
which°
he had made°°
for himself in the city°
of David,°
and laid°°
him in the bed°
which°
was filled°°
with sweet odours°
and divers kinds°
[of spices] prepared°°
by the apothecaries'°
art:°°°
and they made°°
a very°°
great°
burning°
for him. |
