Verse 10
10. Asa was wroth with the seer Alas, that he whose heart had been encouraged by the words of Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:8,) could not endure the words of Hanani!
A prison house Hebrews, a house of the stocks. Gesenius defines the word rendered stocks “a wooden frame, in which the feet, hands, and neck of a person were so fastened that his body was held bent.” Very different was Rehoboam’s action when the prophet Shemaiah rebuked him and threatened judgment. 2 Chronicles 12:5-6.
Asa oppressed some of the people the same time For doubtless some of the people sympathized with Hanani, and were greatly dissatisfied with the king’s measures; for many would clearly see that his league with Syria against Israel would in turn give Ben-hadad an advantage over the kingdom of Judah which might in time become disastrous. Asa attempted to suppress the discontent of the people by oppression.
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