In the thirty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign, Judah buys military help from a foreign king, and the LORD’s seer condemns the deal to his face.
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Lyrics
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah
And built Ramah that he might not allow anyone To go out or come in to Asa king of Judah Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures
Of the LORD’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
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah And let his work cease Then Asa the king took all Judah And they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah
With which Baasha had built And he built Geba and Mizpah with them At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah And said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria
And have not relied on the LORD your God Therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army With chariots and exceedingly many horsemen?
Yet because you relied on the LORD He delivered them into your hand The mistake noted, the lesson learned The covenant holds
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