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2 Chronicles 16 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent them to the son of Ader king of Syria, which dwelt in Damascus, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:3 - Make a covenant between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel, and let him depart from me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - And the son of Ader hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and smote Æon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Nephthali.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasa had built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 - And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 - Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into thy hands, because thou trustedst in the Lord?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:11 - And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - And Asa was diseased in his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the fortieth year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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