2Chronicles:16

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* And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa , the king of Israel went up against Juda , and built Rama , so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda . * And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord , and of the king ’s house , and sent them to the son of Ader king of Syria , which dwelt in Damascus , saying , * Make a covenant between me and thee , and between my father and thy father : behold , I have sent thee gold and silver : come , and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel , and let him depart from me . * And the son of Ader hearkened to king Asa , and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel ; and smote Æon , and Dan , and Abelmain , and all the country round Nephthali . * And it came to pass when Baasa heard it he left off building Rama , and put a stop to his work : * then king Asa took all Juda , and took the stones of Rama , and its timber , with which Baasa had built ; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha . * And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda , and said to him , Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria , and didst not trust on the Lord thy God , therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand . * Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force , in courage , in horsemen , in great numbers ? and did not He deliver them into thy hands , because thou trustedst in the Lord ? * For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth , to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him . In this thou hast done foolishly ; henceforth there shall be war with thee . * And Asa was angry with the prophet , and put him in prison , for he was angry at this : and Asa vexed some of the people at that time . * And , behold , the acts of Asa , the first and the last , are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel . * And Asa was diseased in his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign , until he was very ill : but in his disease he sought not to the Lord , but to the physicians . * And Asa slept with his fathers , and died in the fortieth year of his reign . * And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David , and they laid him on a bed , and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries ; and they made for him a very great funeral .

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