2Ch 16:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Chr 16:1-10: 16:1-10 Instead of trusting the Lord, Asa relied on foreign powers when Baasha attacked. The Chronicler’s theological purpose was to show that disobedience has consequences. 16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign: According to the book of Kings, King Baasha (909–886 BC ) died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign (1 Kgs 16:8 ). One solution is that the Chronicles text might contain transmission errors and should instead read the fifteenth and sixteenth years (about 895 BC ) instead of the thirty-fifth (2 Chr 15:19 ) and thirty-sixth years of Asa. Another possibility is that the Chronicler counted these years from the division of the kingdom. • Ramah was located five miles north of Jerusalem near Geba and Mizpah (see 16:6 ). King Baasha expanded Israel deep into the territory of Benjamin, separating important territory from Judah very shortly after the victories of Abijah (13:19 ).

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‏ 2 Chronicles 16:1

Summary for 2Chr 16:1-10: 16:1-10 ^a Instead of trusting the Lord, Asa relied on foreign powers when Baasha attacked. The Chronicler’s theological purpose was to show that disobedience has consequences. 16:1 ^b In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign: According to the book of Kings, King Baasha (909–886 BC) died in the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign (1 Kgs 16:8 ^c). One solution is that the Chronicles text might contain transmission errors and should instead read the fifteenth and sixteenth years (about 895 BC) instead of the thirty-fifth (2 Chr 15:19 ^d) and thirty-sixth years of Asa. Another possibility is that the Chronicler counted these years from the division of the kingdom.

• Ramah was located five miles north of Jerusalem near Geba and Mizpah (see 16:6 ^e). King Baasha expanded Israel deep into the territory of Benjamin, separating important territory from Judah very shortly after the victories of Abijah (13:19 ^f).