Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were
left
in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the
treasures of
the king's house
What was left untaken away by Shishak king of Egypt, ( 1 Kings
14:26 ) , or what he had put there dedicated by his father
and himself, ( 1 Kings
15:15 ) and be they either, they were not to be taken,
especially the treasures of the house of the Lord, and put to
profane use, and particularly to such bad purposes as these were:
and delivered them into the hands of his
servants:
to be disposed of as next directed:
and King Asa sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimon, the
son of
Hezion king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus;
according to some chronologers F23, Hezion, the grandfather of
this Benhadad, is the same with Rezon the first king of Damascus,
( 1 Kings
11:23 1 Kings
11:24 ) , who was succeeded by Tabrimon, and he by Benhadad:
saying:
as follows.
F23 Usher. Annal. A. M. 3064. Marsham. Canon. Chron. Seculum 13. p. 346.