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Certainly[a] the Lord watches the whole earth carefully[b] and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him.[c] You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.” 10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail.[d] Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

Asa’s Reign Ends

11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:9 tn Or “for.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:9 tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 16:9 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 16:10 tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 16:11 tn Heb “Look, the events of Asa, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”