2 Chronicles 16:1

Contextual Overview

¹ In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah. ¹ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹ In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's rule, Baasha king of Israel attacked Judah. He made the town of Ramah strong so he could keep people from leaving or entering Judah, Asa's country. ¹ In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ¹ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹ In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to [meet with] Asa king of Judah.¹ In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ¹ Forsothe in the sixe and thrittithe yeer of his rewme Baasa, the kyng of Israel, stiede in to Juda, and cumpasside Rama with a wal, that no man of the rewme of Asa myyte go out ether entre sikirli.

Bible Verse Review
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In the six: See note on 1 Kings 15:32. "From the rending of the ten tribes from Judah, over which Asa was now king." 1 Kings 15:16-22

to the intent: 2 Chronicles 11:13-17, 2 Chronicles 15:5, 2 Chronicles 15:9, 1 Kings 12:27

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:17 - Baasha 1 Kings 16:5 - the rest 2 Chronicles 15:19 - five and thirtieth 2 Chronicles 16:5 - that he left off Jeremiah 41:9 - for fear Micah 1:14 - give Hebrews 11:34 - turned

Cross-References

Genesis 11:30
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 11:30
And Sarai was barren; She had no child.

Genesis 11:30
Sarai was not able to have children.

Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Genesis 11:30
But Sarai [was] barren; she had no child.

Genesis 11:30
Sarai was barren. She had no child.

Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.

Genesis 11:30
Sotheli Saray was bareyn, and hadde no children.

Genesis 11:30
And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.

Genesis 11:30
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah,.... How this is to be reconciled with the reign of Baasha, which was but twenty four years, and was begun in the third of Asa, and therefore must have been dead nearly ten years before this year of Asa's reign, :- where, and in the following verses, are the same things related as here, to the end of the sixth verse; the explanation of which the reader is referred to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage runs parallel with Kings (see the marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

Baasha, king of Israel, begins to build Ramah, to prevent his

subjects from having any intercourse with the Jews, 1.

Asa hires Ben-hadad, king of Syria, against him; and obliges

him to leave off building Ramah, 2-5.

Asa and his men carry the stones and timbers of Ramah away,

and build therewith Geba and Mizpah, 6.

Asa is reproved by Hanani, the seer, for his union with the

king of Syria: he is offended with the seer, and puts him in

prison, 7-10.

Of his acts, 11.

He is diseased in his feet, and seeks to physicians and not to

God, and dies, 12, 13.

His sumptuous funeral, 14.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse 2 Chronicles 16:1. The six and thirtieth year — After the division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; according to Usher. This opinion is followed in our margin; 1 Kings 15:16, where this subject is farther considered.

Concerning Baasha's building of Ramah, 1 Kings 15:17.