2 Chronicles 16:5

5 When Baasha heard about this, he stopped building up Ramah and left his work.

2 Chronicles 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 16:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 16:1).

2 Chronicles 16:5 In-Context

3 "Let there be a treaty between you and me as there was between my father and your father. I am sending you silver and gold. Break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will leave my land."
4 Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to attack the towns of Israel. They defeated the towns of Ijon, Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all the towns in Naphtali where treasures were stored.
5 When Baasha heard about this, he stopped building up Ramah and left his work.
6 Then King Asa brought all the people of Judah to Ramah, and they carried away the rocks and wood that Baasha had used. And they used them to build up Geba and Mizpah.
7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "You depended on the king of Aram to help you and not on the Lord your God. So the king of Aram's army escaped from you.
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