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21 When Baasha heard of it, he left off fortifying Ramah, and stayed in Tirzah. 22 Then King Asa summoned all Judah without exception, and they carried away the stones and beams with which Baasha was fortifying Ramah. With them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. 23 All the rest of the acts of Asa, with all his valor and all that he did, and the cities he built, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. But in his old age, Asa had an infirmity 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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