2 Chronicles 16:10 WEB

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Reformation under Asa (14:1-16:14)God’s blessings on Asa showed his pleasure with those who removed Canaanite customs and restored the Levitical order of worship. God rewarded Asa by giving him a remarkable victory over a large and powerful army that invaded from the south. This sign of God’s pleasure encouraged Asa to continue his reforms with greater boldness (14:1-15:19; see notes on 1 Kings 15:9-15).When, however, Asa trusted in outside help instead of trusting in God, he displeased God and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 16:10

wroth with the seer. One of the eleven rulers offended with God's servants. See note on Exodus 10:28 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:10

2 Chronicles 16:10. For he was in a rage with him, &c.— Though this thing displeased his people, and at that time Asa slew some of the people. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The event here recorded we had 1 Kings 15:0. The six-and-thirtieth year of Asa is reckoned from the division of the kingdoms, which is no more than the sixteenth of his reign. The expedient that Asa adopted to divert Baasha was unjustifiable and sinful: it shewed distrust of God, led Ben-hadad into a perfidious breach of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:10

10. Asa oppressed some of the people the same time—The form or degree of this oppression is not recorded. The cause of his oppressing them was probably due to the same offense as that of Hanani—a strong expression of their dissatisfaction with his conduct in leaguing with Ben-hadad, or it may have been his maltreatment of the Lord's servant. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

3. Asa’s failure ch. 16Three parts also mark this record of the later period of Asa’s reign: his war with Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1-6), Hanani’s sermon (2 Chronicles 16:7-10), and the conclusion of his reign (2 Chronicles 16:11-14).Asa’s heart was right in that he consistently loved God. Nevertheless, like David, his obedience lapsed. He trusted in a foreign alliance and later in physicians more than in Yahweh. This resulted in defeat and death."Asa, then, has done a complete volte-face from... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 16:2-14

C. Asa 14:2-16:14Chronicles gives much more attention to Asa than Kings does. That is because Asa’s experiences illustrated the points the Chronicler wanted to drive home to his readers.We have already seen in Rehoboam’s history that obedience brought blessing from God, but disobedience brought discipline (chs. 11-12). The Chronicler used this retributive motif frequently. We see it clearly here in Asa’s history. [Note: Raymond B. Dillard, "The Reign of Asa (2 Chronicles 14-16): An Example of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Reign of Asa (concluded)This chapter reproduces with some verbal differences 1 Kings 15:17-24, but adds an account of a rebuke received by Asa from the seer Hanani.1. Six and thirtieth] Since, according to 1 Kings 16:8, Baasha did not live until the 36th year of Asa. some have supposed that the six and thirtieth year is reckoned from the revolt of the Ten Tribes.4. The store cities of Naphtali] LXX suggests that the true reading is ’the surrounding parts of Naphtali.’7. Hanani] Nothing is known... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 16:10

(10) Then.—And. In a prison house: in the stocks. Literally, House of the stocks (Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 29:26). The word mahpèkheth literally means “turning,” “distortion,” and so an instrument of torture, by which the body was bent double, hands and feet being passed through holes in a wooden frame. (See Acts 16:24.) The Syriac and LXX. have simply “prison;” Vulgate, “nervus,” i.e., stocks. (Comp. the similar behaviour of Ahab to the prophet Michaiah, 1 Kings 22:26-27.)Because of this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION2 Chronicles 14:1-15; 2 Chronicles 15:1-19; 2 Chronicles 16:1-14ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of sanctity, was succeeded by his son Asa. The chronicler’s history of Asa is much fuller than that which is given in the book of Kings. The older narrative is used as a framework into which material from later sources is freely inserted. The beginning of the new reign was singularly promising. Abijah had been a very David, he had fought the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

CHAPTER 16 Asa’s Relapse and Death 1. War between Asa and Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:1-6 ) 2. Hanani’s rebuke (2 Chronicles 16:7-9 ) 3. Hanani imprisoned (2 Chronicles 16:10-11 ) 4. Asa’s illness and death (2 Chronicles 16:12-14 ) Much has been made by critics of the supposed wrong date, the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa. Compare 1 Kings 15:33 with the first verse of this chapter to see the apparent discrepancy. If the invasion of Judah by Baasha occurred shortly after the events... read more