1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.[ † ]1 Kings 15:17-222 Chronicles 15:9 2So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus: 3“Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
4And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
5When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work. 6Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.[ † ]1 Kings 16:12 Chronicles 19:22 Chronicles 32:8-10Psalms 118:9Isaiah 31:1Jeremiah 17:5 8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your hand.[ † ]2 Chronicles 14:92 Chronicles 12:32 Chronicles 13:16-18 9For the eyes of the Lord roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”[ † ]Job 34:21Proverbs 5:21Proverbs 15:3Jeremiah 16:17Jeremiah 32:19Zechariah 4:101 Samuel 13:131 Kings 15:32
10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.[ † ]2 Chronicles 18:26Jeremiah 20:2Matthew 14:3
11Now the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.[ † ]1 Kings 15:23-242 Chronicles 14:2 12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his disease became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the Lord, but only the physicians.[ † ]Jeremiah 17:5
13So in the forty-first year of his reign, Asa died and rested with his fathers.[ † ]1 Kings 15:24 14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.[ † ]Genesis 50:2Mark 16:1John 19:39-402 Chronicles 21:19Jeremiah 34:5