2 Chronicles 16:1

Easy To Read Version

In Asa’s 36th year as king, {\cf2\super [194]} Baasha attacked the country of Judah. Baasha was the king of Israel. He went to the town of Ramah and made it into a fortress. {\cf2\super [195]} Baasha used the town of Ramah as a place to stop people from going in or coming out to King Asa of Judah.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:19

There was no more war until the 35th year of Asa’s rule. {\cf2\super [193]}

2 Chronicles 15:5

In those times of trouble, no person could travel safely. There was much trouble in all the nations.

2 Chronicles 15:9

Then Asa gathered all the people from Judah and Benjamin. He also gathered the people from the family groups of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had moved from the country of Israel to live in the country of Judah. A great many of those people came to Judah because they saw that the Lord, Asa’s God, was with Asa.

2 Chronicles 16:2

Asa took silver and gold out of the storehouses in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [196]} And he took silver and gold out of the king’s house. Then Asa sent messengers to Ben Hadad. Ben Hadad was the king of Aram and he was living in the town of Damascus. Asa’s message said:

Jeremiah 40:1

The message from the Lord came to Jeremiah after he was set free at the city of Ramah. Nebuzaradan, the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guards, found Jeremiah in Ramah. Jeremiah was bound with chains. He was with all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah. Those captives were being taken away in captivity to Babylon.

Jeremiah 41:9

(Ishmael threw the dead bodies into the cistern until it was full—and that cistern was very big! It had been built by a king of Judah named Asa. King Asa had made the cistern so that during war there would be water in the city. {\cf2\super [339]} Asa did this to protect his city from Baasha, the king of Israel.)