2 Chronicles 16:10

Translations

Modern

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Traditional

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

Literal

And Asa was angry with the seer, and he put him in the house of the stocks, for he was in a rage at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

Latin

Iratusque Asa adversus videntem, jussit eum mitti in nervum: valde quippe super hoc fuerat indignatus: et interfecit de populo in tempore illo plurimos.

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English

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Notes

2 Chronicles 16:10

Asa's unfaithfulness to the Lord by relying on power led to other sins, such as oppressing the prophet and the people.

2 Chronicles 16:1–10

Asa relied on foreign powers instead of trusting the Lord when Baasha attacked. The Chronicler aimed to show that disobedience leads to consequences.

Theme notes and profiles

Asa Trusting in Human Strength

Related verses

2 Chronicles 18:26
…and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
2 Chronicles 26:19
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
Isaiah 51:23
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Lamentations 3:34
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Jeremiah 29:26
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
2 Samuel 12:13
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
Jeremiah 20:2
…he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
2 Samuel 11:4
Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
2 Samuel 12:31
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

People

Asa: King of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphat

Glossary

Asa Chronicles, Books of First and Second Criminal Law and Punishment Genealogy Hanani Stocks

Topics

Anger: Asa, Because the Prophet Rebuked Him Anger: Sinful: Asa Christian Minister: Persecution: Hanani God: Jealous Persecution of Hanani Preaching: Impenitence Under of Asa Prisons used for Confining: Persons Under the King's Displeasure Reproof: Despised by Asa Rulers: Wicked: Asa, Imprisoning the Seer, and Oppressing the People

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