1In[H935] the six[H8337] and thirtieth[H7970]year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Asa[H609]Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] came up[H5927] against Judah[H3063], and built[H1129]Ramah[H7414], to the intent that[H1115] he might let[H5414] none go out[H3318] or come in[H935] to Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063].
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Then Asa[H609] brought out[H3318]silver[H3701] and gold[H2091]out[H3318] of the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] and of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and sent[H7971] to Benhadad[H1130]king[H4428] of Syria[H758], that dwelt[H3427] at Damascus[H1834], saying[H559],
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There is a league[H1285] between me and thee, as there was between my father[H1] and thy father[H1]: behold, I have sent[H7971] thee silver[H3701] and gold[H2091]; go[H3212], break[H6565] thy league[H1285] with Baasha[H1201]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], that he may depart[H5927] from me.
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And Benhadad[H1130]hearkened[H8085] unto king[H4428]Asa[H609], and sent[H7971] the captains[H8269] of his armies[H2428] against the cities[H5892] of Israel[H3478]; and they smote[H5221]Ijon[H5859], and Dan[H1835], and Abelmaim[H66], and all the store[H4543]cities[H5892] of Naphtali[H5321].
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And it came to pass, when Baasha[H1201]heard[H8085] it, that he left off[H2308]building[H1129] of Ramah[H7414], and let his work[H4399]cease[H7673].
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Then Asa[H609] the king[H4428]took[H3947] all Judah[H3063]; and they carried away[H5375] the stones[H68] of Ramah[H7414], and the timber[H6086] thereof, wherewith Baasha[H1201] was building[H1129]; and he built[H1129] therewith Geba[H1387] and Mizpah[H4709].
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And at that time[H6256]Hanani[H2607] the seer[H7200]came[H935] to Asa[H609]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and said[H559] unto him, Because thou hast relied[H8172] on the king[H4428] of Syria[H758], and not relied[H8172] on the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], therefore is the host[H2428] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758]escaped[H4422] out of thine hand[H3027].
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Were not the Ethiopians[H3569] and the Lubims[H3864] a huge[H7230]host[H2428], with very[H3966]many[H7235]chariots[H7393] and horsemen?[H6571] yet, because thou didst rely[H8172] on the LORD[H3068], he delivered[H5414] them into thine hand[H3027].
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For the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] run to and fro[H7751] throughout the whole earth[H776], to shew himself strong[H2388] in the behalf of them whose heart[H3824] is perfect[H8003] toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly[H5528]: therefore from henceforth[H6258] thou shalt have[H3426]wars[H4421].
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Then Asa[H609] was wroth[H3707] with the seer[H7200], and put[H5414] him in a prison[H4115]house[H1004]; for he was in a rage[H2197] with him because of this thing. And Asa[H609]oppressed[H7533] some of the people[H5971] the same time[H6256].
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And, behold, the acts[H1697] of Asa[H609], first[H7223] and last[H314], lo, they are written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478].
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And Asa[H609] in the thirty[H7970] and ninth[H8672]year[H8141] of his reign[H4438] was diseased[H2456] in his feet[H7272], until his disease[H2483] was exceeding[H4605] great: yet in his disease[H2483] he sought[H1875] not to the LORD[H3068], but to the physicians[H7495].
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And Asa[H609]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and died[H4191] in the one[H259] and fortieth[H705]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427].
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And they buried[H6912] him in his own sepulchres[H6913], which he had made[H3738] for himself in the city[H5892] of David[H1732], and laid[H7901] him in the bed[H4904] which was filled[H4390] with sweet odours[H1314] and divers kinds[H2177] of spices prepared[H7543] by the apothecaries[H4842]' art[H4639]: and they made[H8313] a very[H3966]great[H1419]burning[H8316] for him.