2Ch 15:10, 19-16:1 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 10. The third month ] At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.

‏ 2 Chronicles 15:10

Verse 10. The third month] At the feast of pentecost which was held on the third month.

‏ 2 Chronicles 15:19

Verse 19. The five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa] Archbishop Usher thinks that this should be counted from the separation of the kingdom, and that this fell on the fifteenth year of Asa's reign. To settle in every respect these chronologies is a most difficult undertaking; and the difficulty does not belong to the sacred books alone, all other chronological tables of all the nations in the world, are in the same predicament. With those of our own history I have often been puzzled, even while I had access to all the archives of the nation. Probably we should read here the five and twentieth year. See the margin, and See Clarke on 1Ki 15:16.

‏ 2 Chronicles 16:1

CHAPTER XVI

Baasha, king of Israel, begins to build Ramah, to prevent his subjects from having any intercourse with the Jews, 1.

Asa hires Ben-hadad, king of Syria, against him; and obliges him to leave off building Ramah, 2-5.

Asa and his men carry the stones and timbers of Ramah away, and build therewith Geba and Mizpah, 6.

Asa is reproved by Hanani, the seer, for his union with the king of Syria: he is offended with the seer, and puts him in prison, 7-10.

Of his acts, 11.

He is diseased in his feet, and seeks to physicians and not to God, and dies, 12, 13.

His sumptuous funeral, 14.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse 1. The six and thirtieth year] After the division of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; according to Usher. This opinion is followed in our margin; See Clarke on 1Ki 15:16, where this subject is farther considered.

Concerning Baasha's building of Ramah, See Clarke on 1Ki 15:17.