2 Chronicles 16:4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

How to reconcile the date of this event with the history of the kings I am quite at a loss. Baasha died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa, 1 Kgs. 16:8. How then could this be done in his thirty-sixth year, when Baasha's family was quite cut off, and Omri was upon the throne? It is generally said to be meant of the thirty-sixth year of the kingdom of Asa, namely, that of Judah, beginning from the first of Rehoboam, and so it coincides with the sixteenth of Asa's reign; but then (2 Chron. 15:19... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

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; see Gill on 1 Kings 15:17 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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

Preferable things. This cannot be counted among the estimable acts of Asa; we could wish that he had adopted other means for repelling the attack of Baasha—means more worthy of himself as a servant of Jehovah. The abstraction of the gold and silver from the treasury of the house of the Lord may speak to us of the preferableness of— I. ACQUISITION THAT WE CANNOT LOSE . The custodians of the temple no doubt rejoiced when Asa "brought into the house of God the things that his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-6

A king's (Asa's) mistake. I. WHEN IT HAPPENED . "In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa" ( 2 Chronicles 16:1 ). 1 . An obvious error. Baasha ascended the throne of Israel in Asa's third year ( 1 Kings 15:33 ), and died in his twenty-sixth ( 1 Kings 16:8 ). Yet it follows not that this blunder was in the original text. Most likely it crept in through transcription. The existence of such mistakes is not fatal to the claim of Scripture to be regarded as inspired. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:1-14

The disappointing relapse of what had seemed tried worth, knowledge, and proved goodness. Mournful to the last degree is the impression made on us by what we are given to learn last of the career of King Asa. It is a reversal—not the reversal from bad to good, but of what seemed good and seemed sure, to bad. The humiliating lesson and fresh illustration of human caprice and weakness must be in like spirit and with proportionate humility noted and learned by ourselves. It is, indeed, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:4

Benhadad was apparently not very long in making up either his mind or his method. The bribe that tempted him, drawn from "the treasures" described, well replenished ( 2 Chronicles 15:18 ; and parallel, 1 Kings 15:15 ), was probably large. His method was to create a diversion in favour of his new ally, by "smiting" certain picked and highly important cities of Israel, mostly in northern Galilee, by name "Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtalli." Ijon . In Naphtali,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:4

Abel-maim - or, “Abel-beth-maachah” 1 Kings 15:20. It was one of the towns most exposed to attack when an invader entered Israel from the north, and was taken from Pekah by Tiglath-pileser 2 Kings 15:29.Store cities - See 1 Kings 9:19 note. read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 16:4

store cities = the storehouses of the cities. Septuagint reads "the surrounding cities". read more

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