2 Chronicles 16:10

Then became Assa incensed toward the seer, and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Assa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

In Context

9For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.

11And, behold, the acts of Assa, the first and the last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, and she had just purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

2 Samuel 12:31And the people that were therein he brought forward, and put them under saws, and under iron threshing-wagons, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through brick-kilns; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of 'Ammon: and David returned with them with all the people unto Jerusalem.

1 Kings 13:4And it came to pass, when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he had called out against the altar in Beth-el, that Jerobo'am stretched forth his hand from off the altar, saying, Seize him. And his hand, which he had put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he was speaking unto him, that he said unto him, Have we ever appointed thee as a counsellor to the king? forbear this: why shouldst thou be smitten? Then did the prophet forbear; and he said, I know that God hath resolved to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

Job 20:19Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;

Proverbs 9:7He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 16:8-14

Asa's Death and Burial. ( b. c. 914.) 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord , he delivered them into thine hand. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show… Read the whole commentary →

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