II Chronicles 16 · דברי הימים ב

In the thirty sixth year of the reign of Asa Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el came up against Yehuda, and built Rama, so as to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Yehuda.

Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who dwelt at Darmeseq saying,

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy alliance with Ba῾asha king of Yisra᾽el that he may depart from me.

And Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Yisra᾽el; and they smote ῾Iyyon, and Dan, and Avel-mayim, and all the store cities of Naftali.

And it came to pass, when Ba῾asha heard it, that he left off building Rama, and let his work come to a halt.

Then Asa the king took all Yehuda; and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Ba῾asha was building; and with it he built Geva and Miżpa.

And at that time Ḥanani the seer came to Asa king of Yehuda, and said to him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Aram, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore the host of the king of Aram has escaped out of thy hand.

Were not the Kushim and the Luvim a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand.

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect towards him. In this thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in a prison house: for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Yehuda and Yisra᾽el.

And Asa in the thirty ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease became severe: yet in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but the physicians.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty first year of his reign.

And they buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a bier which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art: and they made a very great burning for him.