2 Chronicles 16:7-14

16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet ¹  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 ²  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ³  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ⁴  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. ⁵  Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

Asa’s Reign Ends

16:11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. ⁶  16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. ⁷  Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. ⁸  16:13 Asa passed away ⁹  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. ¹⁰  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ¹¹ 

[16:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the seer.”

[16:9]  ² tn Or “for.”

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

[16:10]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”

[16:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the Lord, only the healers.

[16:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers, and he died.”

[16:14]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”