21 When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.(A) 22 Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba(B) of Benjamin and Mizpah(C) with them.

23 The rest of all the events of Asa’s reign,(D) along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.(E) But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.(F)

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21 When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah(A) and withdrew to Tirzah.(B) 22 Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away from Ramah(C) the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa(D) built up Geba(E) in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.(F)

23 As for all the other events of Asa’s reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased.

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