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2 Chronicles 16:6

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Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

KJV

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 16

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he stopped fortifying Ramah

on 2 Chronicles 16:5-6

Baasha abandons Ramah, and Asa strips its stones and timber to build Geba and Mizpah, turning the enemy's own fortress into his own border defenses. The account runs nearly word for word with 1 Kings 15:21-22, and Chronicles adds nothing, saving its comment for the seer who meets Asa next.

This site's exposition

the stones of Ramah

Asa turned Baasha's own stone and timber against him, building up Geba and Mizpah. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown explain that Baasha fortified Ramah because Judah's blessing, Asa's victory and the fame of the national covenant drew emigrants south. The fort meant to stop them now built Judah's towns.

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

Took all Judah - 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.

  • וְאָסָ֣אand Asa

    veasa'H609 →57 times

  • הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לָקַח֙he took

    lakachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וַיִּשְׂא֞וּand they carried off

    vaiyisuH5375 →656 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אַבְנֵ֤י[the] stones of

    ʾavneiH68 →273 times

  • הָֽרָמָה֙<the> Ramah

    haramahH7414 →36 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • עֵצֶ֔יהָwood<s> its

    ʾetzeihaH6086 →328 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בָּנָ֖הhe had built

    banahH1129 →376 times

  • בַּעְשָׁ֑אBaasha

    ba'sha'H1201 →28 times

  • וַיִּ֣בֶןand he built

    vaiyivenH1129 →376 times

  • בָּהֶ֔םwith them

    bahem

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • גֶּ֖בַעGeba

    geva'H1387 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ ס<the> Mizpah

    hamitzpahH4709 →

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

Related verses

12 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.

1 Kings 15:22Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.3 worksIsaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.2 worksZechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.2 works1 Samuel 10:17After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah2 works1 Chronicles 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.2 works2 Chronicles 21:17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 15:38Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,2 works1 Samuel 7:6When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.2 worksJoshua 18:24–26Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.2 works2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.2 worksNehemiah 3:7Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates.2 works1 Samuel 7:16Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.1 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

    1 Kings 15:22

    Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:17

      And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 18:24

      Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Zechariah 14:10

    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 15:32

      Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.

    • Zechariah 12:6

      On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right…

    • 1 Kings 15:22

      Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 10:17

    After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

    it leads to

    • Judges 20:1

      Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

  • Through

    Isaiah 10:29

    They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 7:17

      Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

    • 1 Samuel 13:23

      And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.

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