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16:5. And when Baasa heard of it, he left off the building of Rama, and
interrupted his work.
16:6. Then king Asa took all Juda, and they carried away from Rama the
stones, and the timber that Baasa had prepared for the building: and he
built with them Gabaa, and Maspha.
16:7. At that time Hanani the prophet came to Asa king of Juda, and said
to him: Because thou hast had confidence in the king of Syria, and not
in the Lord thy God, therefore hath the army of the king of Syria
escaped out of thy hand.
16:8. Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in
chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because
thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand?
16:9. For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength
to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast
done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise
against thee.
16:10. And Asa was angry with the seer, and commanded him to be put in
prison: for he was greatly enraged because of this thing: and he put to
death many of the people at that time.
16:11. But the works of Asa the first and last are written in the book
of the kings of Juda and Israel.
16:12. And Asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign, of
a most violent pain in his feet, and yet in his illness he did not seek
the Lord, but rather trusted in the skill of physicians.
16:13. And he slept with his fathers: and he died in the one and
fortieth year of his reign.
16:14. And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for
himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of
spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the
perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp.
2 Paralipomenon Chapter 17
Josaphat's reign: his care for the instruction of his people: his
numerous forces.
17:1. And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and grew strong against
Israel.
17:2. And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of
Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of
Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
17:3. And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first
ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,
17:4. But in the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and
not according to the sins of Israel.
17:5. And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda
brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much
glory.
17:6. And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he
took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.
17:7. And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes
Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach
in the cites of Juda:
17:8. And with them the Levites, Semeias, and Nathanias, and Zabadias,
and Asael, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and
Thobadonias Levites, and with them Elisama, and Joram priests.
17:9. And they taught the people in Juda, having with them the book of
the law of the Lord: and they went about all the cities of Juda, and
instructed the people.
17:10. And the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands
that were round about Juda, and they durst not make war against
Josaphat.
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