2 Chronicles 16:8

Contextual Overview

⁷At that time, the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from you. ⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Yehudah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Aram, and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore is the host of the king of Aram escaped out of your hand. ⁷ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. ⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. ⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "You depended on the king of Aram to help you and not on the Lord your God. So the king of Aram's army escaped from you. ⁷ At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. ⁷At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you relied on the king of Aram (Syria) and did not rely on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram (Syria) has escaped out of your hand. ⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, for that reason the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. ⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand. ⁷ And at that same time Hanani the Seer came to Asa King of Iudah, and saide vnto him, Because thou hast rested vpon the king of Aram, and not rested in the Lorde thy God, therefore is the hoste of the King of Aram escaped out of thine hande.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Ethiopians: 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 14:9-12

the Lubims: 2 Chronicles 12:3

a huge host: Heb. in abundance

because: 2 Chronicles 16:7, Psalms 9:9, Psalms 9:10, Psalms 37:39, Psalms 37:40

Reciprocal: Judges 7:9 - I have delivered 2 Chronicles 13:18 - relied 2 Chronicles 24:24 - delivered Psalms 11:1 - In the Isaiah 18:2 - to a people Isaiah 26:3 - because Isaiah 28:12 - This Isaiah 30:15 - in returning Nahum 1:7 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
But the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:9
Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:9
The Lord called out to the man and asked, "Where are you?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen?.... They were no less than 1,000,000 men, and three hundred chariots, 2 Chronicles 14:9, the Lubim were the Libyans, a people near Egypt, that dwelt in Africa; according to an Arabic writer l, they were the Nubians:

yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand; and with equal ease could and would have delivered the Syrian army unto him, had he as then trusted in the Lord.

l Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. dyn. 3. p. 57.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rebuke of Hanani and his imprisonment by Asa, omitted by the writer of Kings, are among the most important of the additions to Asa’s history for which we are indebted to the author of Chronicles.

2 Chronicles 16:7

Escaped out of thine hand - Hanani means, “Hadst thou been faithful, and opposed in arms the joint host of Israel and Syria, instead of bribing the Syrian king to desert to thy side, the entire host would have been delivered into thy hand, as was Zerah’s. But now it is escaped from thee. Thou hast lost a glorious opportunity.”

2 Chronicles 16:9

From henceforth thou shalt have wars - As peace had been the reward of Asa’s earlier faith 2Ch 14:5; 2 Chronicles 15:5, so his want of faith was now to be punished by a period of war and disturbance.

2 Chronicles 16:10

In a prison house - Or, “in the stocks.” Compare 1 Kings 22:26-27.