In the thirty-sixthyearof Asa'sreignBaashakingof Israelcameup againstJudahand fortifiedRamahin order to prevent[anyone] from goingout or comingin to Asakingof Judah.
"Ifthispeoplegoup to offersacrificesin the houseof the LORDat Jerusalem,then the heartof thispeoplewill returnto their lord,[even] to Rehoboamkingof Judah;and they will killme and returnto Rehoboamkingof Judah."
And there was nomore waruntilthe thirty-fifthyearof Asa'sreign.
"In thosetimestherewas nopeaceto him who wentout or to him who camein, for manydisturbancesafflictedallthe inhabitantsof the lands.
He gatheredallJudahand Benjaminand those from Ephraim,Manassehand Simeonwho residedwith them, for manydefectedto him from Israelwhen they sawthat the LORDhis Godwas with him.
Then Asabroughtout silverand goldfrom the treasuriesof the houseof the LORDand the king'shouse,and sentthem to Ben-hadadkingof Aram,who livedin Damascus,saying,
The wordwhichcameto Jeremiahfrom the LORDafterNebuzaradancaptainof the bodyguardhad releasedhim from Ramah,when he had takenhim boundin chainsamongallthe exilesof Jerusalemand Judahwho were being exiledto Babylon.
Now as for the cisternwhereIshmaelhad castallthe corpsesof the menwhomhe had struckdownbecauseof Gedaliah,it was the one that KingAsahad madeon accountof Baasha,kingof Israel;Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniahfilledit with the slain.
