2 Chronicles 16:5
in 2 Chronicles 16When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 16
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he left off building of Ramah
on 2 Chronicles 16:5-6
The threat lifts at once: 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 to the narrative itself here, saving its own comment for the seer who meets Asa next.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ | kishmoa' | when heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בַּעְשָׁ֔א | ba'sha' | Baasha | H1201 → | 28 times |
| וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל | vaiyechdal | and he ceased | H2308 → | 58 times |
| מִבְּנ֖וֹת | mibenot | from building | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרָמָ֑ה | haramah | <the> Ramah | H7414 → | 36 times |
| וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת | vaiyashbet | and he caused to cease | H7673 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ ס | melakhto | work his | H4399 → | 167 times |
וַיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַwhen heard
kishmoa'H8085 →1159 times
בַּעְשָׁ֔אBaasha
ba'sha'H1201 →28 times
וַיֶּחְדַּ֕לand he ceased
vaiyechdalH2308 →58 times
מִבְּנ֖וֹתfrom building
mibenotH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָרָמָ֑ה<the> Ramah
haramahH7414 →36 times
וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖תand he caused to cease
vaiyashbetH7673 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ סwork his
melakhtoH4399 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on 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.