10 Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him into a [a]prison: for he was [b]displeased with him, because of this thing. And Asa oppressed certain of the people at the same time.

11 And behold, the acts of Asa first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

12 ¶ And Asa in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign was [c](A)diseased in his feet, and his disease was [d][e]extreme: yet he sought not the Lord in his disease, but to the [f]Physicians.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:10 Hebrew, prison house.
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:10 Thus instead of turning to God by repentance, he disdained the admonition of the Prophet, and punished him, as the wicked do when they be told of their faults.
  3. 2 Chronicles 16:12 Or, gouty, or swollen.
  4. 2 Chronicles 16:12 Or, to the top of his head.
  5. 2 Chronicles 16:12 God plagued his rebellion, and hereby declareth that it is nothing to begin well, except we so continue to the end, that is, zealous of God’s glory, and put our whole trust in him.
  6. 2 Chronicles 16:12 He showeth that it is in vain to seek to the Physicians, except we first seek to God to purge our sins, which are the chief cause of all our diseases, and after use the help of the Physician, as a means by whom God worketh.

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