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21 And when Baasa had heard this, he left off building Rama, and returned into Thersa.

22 But king Asa sent word into all Juda, saying: Let no man be excused: and they took away the stones from Rama, and the timber thereof wherewith Baasa had been building, and with them Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha.

23 But the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his strength, and all that he did and the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

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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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