2 Tawarikh 16 
16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 11 visited King Asa 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 from your hand. 16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! 16:9 Certainly 12 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 13 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 14 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war. 16:10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. 15 Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
16:11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 16 16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 17 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 18 16:13 Asa passed away 19 in the forty-first year of his reign. 16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. 20 They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. 21
[16:1] 1 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”
[16:3] 2 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
[16:3] 3 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
[16:4] 4 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
[16:4] 5 tn Heb “They struck down.”
[16:4] 6 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
[16:5] 8 tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”
[16:6] 9 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
[16:6] 10 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
[16:9] 13 tn Heb “the eyes of the
[16:9] 14 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
[16:10] 15 tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”
[16:11] 16 tn Heb “Look, the events of Asa, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
[16:12] 17 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
[16:12] 18 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
[16:13] 19 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers, and he died.”
[16:14] 20 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[16:14] 21 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
