2 Chronicles 16:3

There is a brit between me and thee, as there was between Avi and Avicha. Hinei, I have sent thee kesef and zahav; come, break thy brit with Ba'asha Melech Yisroel, that he may withdraw from me.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then Asa brought out kesef and zahav out of the otzarot of the Beis Hashem and of the Bais HaMelech, and sent to Ben-Hadad Melech Aram (Syria), the one ruling in Damascus, saying,

4And Ben-Hadad paid heed unto HaMelech Asa, and sent the officers of his forces against the cities of Yisroel, and they struck down Iyon, and Dan, and Abel-Mayim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:21And Moshe said unto Aharon, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so chata'ah gedolah upon them?

Judges 2:2And ye shall make no brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz HaZot; ye shall throw down their mizbechot. But ye have not obeyed My voice; why have ye done this?

2 Chronicles 18:3And Ach'av Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramot Gil'ad? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the milchamah.

Psalms 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is despicable; 1 but he honoreth them that fear Hashem. 1 He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 1

Ezekiel 17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the brit, when, hinei, he had given his yad, + 17:18 i.e., promised by oath and still did all these things, he shall not escape.

2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement has the Heikhal of Hashem with elilim? For we are a Heikhal of the Elohim Chayyim + 6:16 1C 3:16; 6:19 as G-d said, V'HITHALLACHTI B'TOCHCHEM (And I will walk in the midst of you), + 6:16 Lv 26:12 IT WILL BE MISHKANI ALEHEM (dwelling place of me with them), + 6:16 Ezek 37:27 V'HAYU LI L'AM VAANI EHEYEH LAHEM LELOHIM (And they will be to me as people and I will be to them as G-d). + 6:16 Jer 32:38

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 16:2-7

Asa's League with Benhadad. ( b. c. 929.) 1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 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 Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent… Read the whole commentary →

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