2 Chronicles 16:9-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:7-14

Here is, I. A plain and faithful reproof given to Asa by a prophet of the Lord, for making this league with Baasha. The reprover was Hanani the seer, the father of Jehu, another prophet, whom we read of 1 Kgs. 16:1; 2 Chron. 19:2. We observed several things amiss in Asa's treaty with Benhadad. But that which the prophet here charges upon him as the greatest fault he was guilty of in that matter is his relying on the king of Syria and not on the Lord his God, 2 Chron. 16:7. He thought that,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth ,.... The eyes of his omniscience are everywhere, and the eyes of his mercy and goodness, of his care and providence, are here and there, and in every place throughout the whole world at once, see Zechariah 4:10 , to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him ; or, as in the margin, "strongly to hold" with such, to be on their side, take their part, strengthen them, support and supply... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was wroth with the seer ,.... For this faithful reproof of him, which was another instance of his sin and folly: and put him in a prison house ; in a very strait place, in which he could not turn himself, what we call "little ease"; some say it was the stocks, others a pillory he put him into: for he was in a rage with him because of this thing ; his passion rose very high, and to which he gave way, and was his infirmity: and Asa oppressed some of the people the same time... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:11

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last ,.... See Gill on 1 Kings 15:23 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 16:12

And Asa in the thirty ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet ,.... This was about two years before his death, and his disease is generally thought to be the gout in his feet, and a just retaliation for putting the prophet's feet into the stocks: until his disease was exceeding great ; it increased upon him, and became very severe and intolerable, and the fits were frequent, as well as the pain sharper; though the sense of the Hebrew F13 עד למעלה "usque ad supra",... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:9

Therefore - thou shalt have wars - And so he had with Israel during the rest of his reign, 1 Kings 15:32 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:10

Asa was wroth with the seer - Instead of humbling himself, and deprecating the displeasure of the Lord, he persecuted his messenger: and having thus laid his impious hands upon the prophet, he appears to have got his heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin; and then he began to oppress the people, either by unjust imprisonments, or excessive taxations. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 16:12

Diseased in his feet - He had a strong and long fit of the gout; this is most likely. He sought not to the Lord - "He did not seek discipline from the face of the Lord, but from the physicians." - Targum. Are we not taught by this to make prayer and supplication to the Lord in our afflictions, with the expectation that he will heal us when he finds us duly humbled, i.e., when the end is answered for which he sends the affliction? 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

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