2 Chronicles 16
1 in/on/with year thirty and six to/for royalty Asa to ascend: rise Baasha king Israel upon Judah and to build [obj] [the] Ramah to/for lest to give: allow to come out: come and to come (in): come to/for Asa king Judah
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, Baasha, king of Israel, invaded Judah. He fortified Ramah to stop anyone coming from or going to Asa, king of Judah.
2 and to come out: send Asa silver: money and gold from treasure house: temple LORD and house: home [the] king and to send: depart to(wards) Ben-hadad Ben-hadad king Syria [the] to dwell in/on/with Damascus to/for to say
Asa took the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord's Temple and the king's palace and sent them to Ben-hadad, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, with a message that said:
3 covenant between me and between you and between father my and between father your behold to send: depart to/for you silver: money and gold to go: went to break covenant your with Baasha king Israel and to ascend: rise from upon me
“Make an alliance between me and you like the one between my father and your father. Look at the silver and gold I've sent you. Go ahead and break your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he will leave me and go home.”
4 and to hear: hear Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to(wards) [the] king Asa and to send: depart [obj] ruler [the] strength: soldiers which to/for him to(wards) city Israel and to smite [obj] Ijon and [obj] Dan and [obj] Abel-maim Abel-maim and [obj] all storage city Naphtali
King Ben-hadad did as Asa had asked, and he sent his armies and their commanders to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the storehouse towns of Naphtali.
5 and to be like/as to hear: hear Baasha and to cease from to build [obj] [the] Ramah and to cease [obj] work his
When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and gave up his project.
6 and Asa [the] king to take: take [obj] all Judah and to lift: bear [obj] stone [the] Ramah and [obj] tree: wood her which to build Baasha and to build in/on/with them [obj] Geba and [obj] [the] Mizpah
So King Asa went with all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the timbers Baasha had used for building, and with them he built up Geba and Mizpah.
7 and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to come (in): come Hanani [the] seer to(wards) Asa king Judah and to say to(wards) him in/on/with to lean you upon king Syria and not to lean upon LORD God your upon so to escape strength: soldiers king Syria from hand: themselves your
But right then Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram and have not put your trust in the Lord your God, your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Aram has gone.
8 not [the] Ethiopian and [the] Libyan to be to/for strength: soldiers to/for abundance to/for chariot and to/for horseman to/for to multiply much and in/on/with to lean you upon LORD to give: give them in/on/with hand: power your
Didn't the Ethiopians and Libyans have a huge army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you trusted in the Lord, he made you victorious over them.
9 for LORD eye his to rove in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet to/for to strengthen: strengthen with heart their complete to(wards) him be foolish upon this for from now there with you battle
For the Lord looks all over the earth for the opportunity to show his power on behalf of those who are completely and sincerely devoted to him. You have acted stupidly in doing this. So from now on you will always be at war.”
10 and to provoke Asa to(wards) [the] seer and to give: put him house: home [the] stocks for in/on/with rage with him upon this and to crush Asa from [the] people in/on/with time [the] he/she/it
Asa was angry with the seer. He was so angry with him over this that he put him in prison. At this same time Asa started to mistreat some of the people.
11 and behold word: deed Asa [the] first and [the] last look! they to write upon scroll: book [the] king to/for Judah and Israel
The rest of what Asa did, from beginning to end, is written down in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
12 and be sick Asa in/on/with year thirty and nine to/for royalty his in/on/with foot his till to/for above [to] sickness his and also in/on/with sickness his not to seek [obj] LORD for in/on/with to heal
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa had trouble with disease in his feet, which only became worse and worse. Yet even in his sickness he did not turn to the Lord, but only the physicians.
13 and to lie down: be dead Asa with father his and to die in/on/with year forty and one to/for to reign him
Asa died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 and to bury him in/on/with grave his which to pierce to/for him in/on/with city David and to lie down: lay down him in/on/with bed which to fill spice and kind to mix in/on/with ointment deed: work and to burn to/for him fire great: large till to/for much
He was buried in the tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They placed him on a bed full of spices, perfumed oils, and fragrances. Then they made a great fire to honor him.
