Verse 7
7. Hanani the seer See note on 1 Kings 16:1. This prophet and his son Jehu (compare 1 Chronicles 19:2) were noted for uttering oracles of rebuke and judgment. They boldly stood up before kings to admonish them of their sins, and to proclaim the threatened judgments of the Almighty.
Therefore is the host… of Syria escaped out of thine hand Thus the prophet implies that had Asa assumed the defensive, and fought against Baasha and Ben-hadad, the Syrian host would, like the Egyptian under Zerah, have fallen into his hands.
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