1Ki 15:16-22 | ESV | STEP | And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days .

1 Kings 15:16-22

16 ^aAnd there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 ^bBaasha king of Israel went up against Judah and ^cbuilt Ramah, ^dthat he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold ^ethat were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. ^fAnd King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ^gwho lived in Damascus, saying, 19 “Let there be ^ha covenant ^{▼▼Or treaty; twice in this verse} between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.” 20 And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered ^jIjon, ^kDan, ^lAbel-beth-maacah, and all ^mChinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And when Baasha heard of it, ⁿhe stopped building Ramah, and he lived in ^oTirzah. 22 Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them King Asa built ^pGeba of Benjamin and ^qMizpah.