2 Chronicles 16:9-14

9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”

10 Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.

11 The events of Asa’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians.

13 Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his ancestors.

14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.

2 Chronicles 16:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 16

Baasha coming up against Judah, and building Ramah, Asa made a league with the king of Syria, and hired him to make a diversion in his favour, and cause Baasha to leave off building, which succeeded, 2Ch 16:1-6, for which he was reproved by a prophet of the Lord, with whom he was so angry for it as to put him in prison, and oppress others, 2Ch 16:7,10, and the chapter is closed with an account of his disease and conduct under it, and of his death and burial, 2Ch 16:11-14.

Cross References

• 1. Job 24:23; Psalms 33:13-15; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 16:17; Zechariah 3:9; Zechariah 4:10
• 2. 1 Samuel 13:13
• 3. S 1 Kings 15:6; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 25:7; 2 Chronicles 28:16-21
• 4. S 1 Kings 22:27
• 5. 2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 26:19; Psalms 103:3
• 6. 2 Chronicles 7:14
• 7. Jeremiah 17:5-6
• 8. S Genesis 50:5
• 9. S Genesis 50:2; John 19:39-40
• 10. 2 Chronicles 21:19; Jeremiah 34:5