2 Chronicles 16:2-4

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 16:2

(2) Then Asa brought out silver and gold.—This verse is abridged as compared with 1 Kings 15:18, but the substance of it is the same. The differences are characteristic. In the first clause Kings reads: “And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord.” The chronicler has purposely weakened this statement. He has also omitted the pedigree of Benhahad (“ben Ta- brimmôn ben Hezyôn”), and written the Aramaizing form Darmeseq for Dammèseg. (Syriac,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 16:3

(3) There is a league.—Bĕrîth, “covenant.” The verse is the same as 1 Kings 15:19, omitting the word “a present” before “silver and gold,” and making two or three other minute verbal changes.As.—And.Depart.—Go up. See the Notes on Kings. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 16:4

(4) Abel-maim.—Kings, “Abel - beth - maachah” (comp.2 Samuel 20:14-15; 2 Samuel 20:14-15, and 2 Kings 15:29). This city is nowhere else called Abel-maim, which is, per haps, an early mistake. The Syriac reads Abel-beth- maachah.And all the store-cities (miskĕnôth, 2 Chronicles 8:4).—Literally, And all the stores (magazines) of the cities of Naphtali. Kings: “And all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.” Cinneroth is mentioned (Joshua 19:35) as a town of Naphtali, and the Sea of Galilee was... 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:3

16:3 [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, {c} break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.(c) He thought to repulse his adversary by an unlawful means, that is, by seeking help from infidels, as they who seek the help of Turks, thinking by it to make themselves stronger. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

ASA GOES TO THE WORLD FOR HELP (vv.1-6) Baasha, king of Israel, had become alarmed at the thought of some from Israel defecting to Judah, Therefore he came and built Ramah as a buffer between the two companies (v.1). What a picture of the fact that those who have departed from the Lord's centre will do all they can to keep their followers from returning to the Lord's place for them! This was not a direct attack upon Judah, but Asa considered it an offence. Why did he not then appeal to God... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

REHOBOAM AND JEHOSHAPHAT REHOBOAM (2 Chronicles 10-12) The story of the rejected counsel of the older men and what came of it (chap. 10) is practically as in 1 Kings 12:0 , and furnishes an illustration of the relation of divine sovereignty to human free agency. The fortification of Judah’s cities against Israel (chap. 11) was dwelt upon in the earlier books, as well as the return of the priests and Levites to Jerusalem. Rehoboam’s “wise” action (2 Chronicles 11:23 ) is to be taken in the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Asa Rebuked By Hanani 2 Chronicles 16:3 WE often say that circumstances develop men; probably the gold and the silver developed the disposition of Asa, for if he had not had these treasures he could not have sent such a message to Benhadad.* It never occurs to some minds that money has any relation to their purposes or their duties. In the days of Asa it was often thought sufficient to be able to buy oneself out of a difficulty. What is it that Asa sets in opposition the one to the other?... read more

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