2 Chronicles 16:6-8
Good News Translation
6 Then King Asa gathered men from throughout Judah and had them carry off the stones and timbers that Baasha had been using at Ramah, and they used them to fortify the cities of Geba and Mizpah.
The Prophet Hanani
7 At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said, “Because you relied on the king of Syria instead of relying on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Israel[a] has escaped from you. 8 Didn't the Ethiopians[b] and the Libyans have large armies with many chariots and cavalry troops? But because you relied on the Lord, he gave you victory over them.
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- 2 Chronicles 16:7 One ancient translation Israel; Hebrew Syria.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8 Hebrew Cushites: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
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