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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:12 Or, gouty, or swollen.
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:12 Or, to the top of his head.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted(A) with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek(B) help from the Lord,(C) but only from the physicians.

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