2 Chronicles 16:2

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Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's palace and sent them to Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, who resided in Damascus, with this message:

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  • 2 Kgs 12:18 : 18 At that time, Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 16:8 : 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 18:15 : 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
  • 2 Chr 28:21 : 21 Ahaz took some of the treasures from the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:15-20
    6 verses
    94%

    15He brought into the house of the LORD the sacred things his father had dedicated, along with his own sacred gifts of silver, gold, and utensils.

    16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.

    17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

    18Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace and placed them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, with this message:

    19Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.

    20Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all Kinneroth, as well as all the land of Naphtali.

  • 2 Chr 16:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3'Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. I am sending you silver and gold. Now, break your treaty with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.'

    4Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storehouse cities of Naphtali.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered his entire army along with thirty-two kings, horses, and chariots. He marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and attacked it.

    2He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city,

  • 2 Kgs 16:5-9
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    78%

    5Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz but could not overpower him.

    6At that time Rezin, king of Aram, recovered Elath for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. The Edomites moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

    7Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, 'I am your servant and your son. Come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and the king of Israel, who are attacking me.'

    8Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and the treasuries of the royal palace and sent them as a gift to the king of Assyria.

    9The king of Assyria complied with him, marched up to Damascus, seized it, exiled its people to Kir, and killed Rezin.

  • 2 Chr 15:18-19
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    77%

    18He brought into the house of God the silver, gold, and articles that he and his father had dedicated.

    19There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 2 Chr 16:6-7
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    77%

    6Then King Asa mobilized all Judah. They carried away the stones and timber Baasha had used to fortify Ramah, and Asa used them to fortify Geba and Mizpah.

    7At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, 'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.'

  • 2 Chr 16:1
    76%

    1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, came against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 20:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5But the messengers came back and said, 'This is what Ben-Hadad says: I sent to demand your silver, gold, wives, and children. You must give them to me.'

    6'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'

  • 2 Kgs 12:18
    76%

    18At that time, Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 18:14-16
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    75%

    14King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah a tribute of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    15So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.

    16At that time, Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that he had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • 1 Kgs 15:22
    73%

    22Then King Asa issued a proclamation to all Judah with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones and timber Baasha had used to fortify Ramah. With these materials King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin and Mizpah.

  • 2 Kgs 6:24
    72%

    24Afterward, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered his entire army and marched up to lay siege to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33The men interpreted this as a good sign and quickly seized on it, saying, 'Yes, Ben-Hadad is your brother!' The king said, 'Go and bring him.' So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him brought into his chariot.

    34Ben-Hadad said to him, 'I will restore the cities that my father took from your father, and you can set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.' Ahab replied, 'On the basis of a treaty, I will let you go.' So he made a treaty with him and let him go.

  • 2 Kgs 5:5
    72%

    5The king of Aram said, 'Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.' So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothes.

  • 2 Chr 28:16
    71%

    16At that time, King Ahaz sent for help from the kings of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 8:9
    71%

    9Hazael went to meet him, taking a gift in his hand that included all the finest products of Damascus, loaded on forty camels. When he came, he stood before him and said, "Your son, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"

  • 2 Chr 15:8-10
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    71%

    8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the LORD’s temple.

    9Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for a great number had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

    10They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

  • 2 Chr 16:9-12
    4 verses
    70%

    9For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, you will face wars.

    10Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because he was enraged over this. At the same time, Asa oppressed some of the people.

    11The events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

    12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his condition became very severe. Yet even in his illness, he did not seek the LORD but relied on physicians.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

    10Then Ben-Hadad sent another message: 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for even a handful for each of the people who follow me.'

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    70%

    2He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
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    7Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here."

  • 1 Kgs 20:17
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    17The young men of the provincial leaders went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent scouts who reported to him, 'Men have come out from Samaria.'

  • 2 Chr 14:2
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    2He removed the foreign altars and the high places, shattered the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

  • 1 Kgs 15:9
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    9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 24:23
    69%

    23At the turn of the year, the Aramean army came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, and they destroyed all the leaders of the people, sending all the plunder to the king of Damascus.

  • 2 Chr 14:8
    69%

    8Then Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.

  • 2 Chr 34:20
    69%

    20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, the king's servant, saying: