II Chronicles 16:2
The Scripture
(2) Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Second Chronicles 16 opens with Asa bribing Ben-hadad of Syria with temple treasure to break his treaty with Israel's king Baasha, who was fortifying Ramah against Judah. The prophet Hanani rebukes Asa for trusting Syria instead of the Lord, foretelling future wars, and Asa imprisons him in anger. The chapter closes with Asa afflicted by disease in his feet, seeking physicians rather than the Lord, and dying in his forty-first year.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Chronicles 28:21II Kings 12:18II Kings 16:8II Kings 18:15
Related verses (shared words)
I Kings 15:18Esther 8:8I Kings 11:24II Kings 16:6Exodus 38:17II Kings 14:14