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2 Chronicles 16:3

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“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

KJV

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 16

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was doubtless a sin in Benhadad to break his league with Baasha upon no provocation, but merely through the influence of a bribe; and, if so, certainly it was a sin in Asa to move him to it, especially to hire him to do it. The public faith of kings and kingdoms must not be made so cheap a thing.

This site's exposition

silver and gold from the treasuries

on 2 Chronicles 16:2-4

Asa answers by taking “the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace” to buy Ben-hadad. Chronicles has already shown Asa defeating Zerah's far larger army by relying on the LORD, so the reader carries the contrast Hanani will name.

This site's exposition

Let there be a treaty

Henry judges both men: Ben-hadad sinned by breaking his treaty with Baasha for a bribe, and Asa sinned by paying him to do it. The public faith of kings and kingdoms, Henry writes, must be held dear. Asa bought a broken promise.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Baasha . . . built Ramah--that is, fortified it. The blessing of God which manifestly rested at this time on the kingdom of Judah, the signal victory of Asa, the freedom and purity of religious worship, and the fame of the late national covenant, were regarded with great interest throughout Israel, and attracted a constantly increasing number of emigrants to Judah.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

There is a league - Let there be a treaty, offensive and defensive, between me and thee: see on 1Ki 15:22 (note).

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּרִית֙a covenant

    beritH1285 →284 times

  • בֵּינִ֣י[be] between me

    beiniH996 →407 times

  • וּבֵינֶ֔ךָand between you

    uveinekhaH996 →407 times

  • וּבֵ֥יןand between

    uveinH996 →407 times

  • אָבִ֖יfather my

    ʾaviH1 →1212 times

  • וּבֵ֣יןand between

    uveinH996 →407 times

  • אָבִ֑יךָfather your

    ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times

  • הִנֵּ֨הhere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • שָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽיI have sent

    shalachtiH7971 →845 times

  • לְךָ֙to you

    lekha

  • כֶּ֣סֶףsilver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • וְזָהָ֔בand gold

    vezahavH2091 →389 times

  • לֵ֞ךְgo

    lekhH1980 →1546 times

  • הָפֵ֣רbreak

    haferH6565 →

  • בְּרִֽיתְךָ֗covenant your

    beritekhaH1285 →284 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • בַּעְשָׁא֙Baasha

    ba'sha'H1201 →28 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְיַעֲלֶ֖הso he may go up

    veyaalehH5927 →890 times

  • מֵעָלָֽי׃from on <the> me

    mealaiH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,3 works2 Chronicles 18:3Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”2 worksJudges 2:2and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?2 worksIsaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.2 worksRomans 1:31–32They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.2 works2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”2 works2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.2 worksExodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”2 worksJoshua 9:19–20All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.2 worksGenesis 20:9–10Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”2 worksEzekiel 17:18–19He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’2 works2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,2 works1 Kings 15:19“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 15:4

    who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

    it leads to

    • Judges 11:35

      As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given…

    • Matthew 5:33

      Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

    • Psalms 101:6

      My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

    • Psalms 101:4

      A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

    • Psalms 16:3

      As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

  • Through

    Judges 2:2

    and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:2–4

      and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

    • Jeremiah 2:36

      How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 18:3

    Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:4

      So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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