Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying, “Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv2–3 Or, Darmesek.
Or, Darmesek.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv2–3 2Ch 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold…
2Ch 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
Ver. 2. Then Asa brought out silver and gold.] Here good Asa began to decline; which was the worse in him, because in his old age, after so great a victory, and so strict a covenant to cleave close to the Lord.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v2 This verse, and 2Ch 16:3-6, are explained 1Ki 15:18,…
This verse, and 2Ch 16:3-6, are explained 1Ki 15:18, &c.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v3 Verse 3. There is a league] Let there be…
Verse 3. There is a league] Let there be a treaty, offensive and defensive, between me and thee: see on 1Kg 15:22.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv3–4 Compare the 1Ki 15:19 note.
Compare the 1Ki 15:19 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv3–4 There is, Hebrew is indeterminate: "a league," &c. Sept.…
There is, Hebrew is indeterminate: "a league," &c. Sept. "Make a league....behold I have sent thee gold and silver. Come and drive away from me Baasa, king," &c. --- That. Prot. "go, break thy league." H. --- Asa induces the king of Damascus to act perfidiously. C. --- Otherwise it is not unlawful to make use of the arms of infidels, unless where God has forbidden it. Grotius, Jur. ii. 15, 9. Masius in Jos. ix. 15. --- David had recourse to Achis, and the Machabees to the Romans. C. --- Some kings are blamed for making leagues with the princes of Israel, because they had been warned to the contrary; and Asa was severely reprehended, as he had already received such assurances of the divine protection, (chap. xiv. 12., and xv. 7.) that nothing but pusillanimity could have induced him (H.) to give away the sacred treasures, in order to obtain this aid of the Syrian king, v. 7.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v4 Ben-hadad . . . sent the captains of his…
Ben-hadad . . . sent the captains of his armies . . . and they smote . . . Abelmaim--"The meadow of waters," supposed to have been situated on the marshy plain near the uppermost lake of the Jordan. The other two towns were also in the northern district of Palestine. These unexpected hostilities of his Syrian ally interrupted Baasha's fortifications at Ramah, and his death, happening soon after, prevented his resuming them.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv2, 4 2. silver and gold] In 1 Kin., “all the…
2. silver and gold] In 1 Kin., “all the silver and the gold that were left.”
Ben-hadad] At least three kings of Syria bore this name, the two others being severally (1) a contemporary of Ahab (1Ki_20:1 ff.), (2) a contemporary of Jehoash the grandson of Jehu, 2Ki_13:25.
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that dwelt at Damascus] The epithet distinguishes the king of Damascus from other kings of Syria, e.g. from the king of Hamath.
Damascus] Heb. “Darmesek”; see note on 1Ch_18:5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv2–4 (2) Then Asa brought out silver and gold.—This verse…
(2) Then Asa brought out silver and gold.—This verse is abridged as compared with 1Ki_15:18, but the substance of it is the same. The differences are characteristic. In the first clause Kings reads: “And Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord.” The chronicler has purposely weakened this statement. He has also omitted the pedigree of Benhahad (“ben Ta- brimmôn ben Hezyôn”), and written the Aramaizing form Darmeseq for Dammèseg. (Syriac, Darmĕsûq.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv2–4 The writer of Chronicles omits the pedigree of this…
The writer of Chronicles omits the pedigree of this Benhadad King of Syria, given in the parallel "the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion." Benhidri is the name of Benhadad in the Assyrian monuments. The Septuagint gives Ader, which tallies with it, For Damascus, we have here Dar-mesek, instead of the more usual Dammesek of the parallel and Gen_15:2; the resh representing (as in Syriac) the dagesh forte in men. The parallel (1Ki_15:18) says that Asa took all the silver and the gold left in the treasures, etc.; but the reading "left" should very possibly (see Septuagint Version) be "found," the Hebrew characters easily permitting it.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv2, 4 Then Asa brought the silver ... of the king's…
Then Asa brought the silver ... of the king's house, and sent it
Asa would have had his workers gather the gold and silver for him. AT: "Then Asa told his workers to take the silver ... of the king's house, and to take it" (See: Metonymy)
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Ben Hadad
This is the name of a man. (See: How to Translate Names)
He said
This means he spoke by means of his servants. Asa told his servants what to say to Ben Hadad and they did. The meaning of this can be made clear. AT: "Asa told his servants to say to Ben Hadad" or "Through his servants, Asa said to Ben Hadad" (See: Metonymy and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Let there be a covenant between me and you ... between my father and your father
A covenant being between two people represents those two people having a covenant with each other. AT: "Let us have a covenant with each other ... with my father and your father" or "Let us make a peace treaty ... with my father and your father" (See: Metaphor)
Look, I have sent
"As proof that I want a treaty with you, I have sent"
Break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel
Breaking a covenant represents canceling it and not doing what one has promised to do. AT: "Cancel your covenant with Baasha king of Israel" or "Do not be loyal to Baasha king of Israel as you promised in your covenant with him" (See: Metaphor)
Break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel
Asa wanted Ben Hadad to attack Israel. Ben Hadad could only do that if he broke his covenant with the king of Israel. The meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "Break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel, and attack Israel" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
leave me alone
This is an idiom. Here Asa speaks of himself to represent himself along with his army. AT: "not attack me" (See: Idiom and Synecdoche)
translationWords
silver
gold
storehouse
house of God
Aram
Damascus
ancestor
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv2, 4 16:2 To obtain relief from Baasha’s aggression, Asa bribed…
16:2 To obtain relief from Baasha’s aggression, Asa bribed the Arameans with silver and gold from . . . the Temple, appealing to an earlier treaty that his father Abijah had made with them.
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