KJV King James Version
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.
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2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
WEB World English Bible
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for he is in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth some of the people at that time.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 16
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.
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of [them] whose heart [is] perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time.
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
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וַיִּכְעַ֨סH3707 · ka.asto provokeאָסָ֜אH609 · a.saAsaאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָרֹאֶ֗הH7203 · ro.ehseerוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶתH4115 · mah.pe.khetstocksכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforבְזַ֥עַףH2197 · za.aphrageעִמּ֖וֹH5973 · imwithעַל־H5921 · aluponזֹ֑אתH2063 · zotthisוַיְרַצֵּ֥ץH7533 · ra.tsatsto crushאָסָ֛אH609 · a.saAsaמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleבָּעֵ֥תH6256 · ettimeהַהִֽיא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 18:26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.Job 20:19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;Isaiah 51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.Lamentations 3:34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,2 Samuel 12:31And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.Jeremiah 29:26The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.2 Samuel 12:13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.Luke 3:20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.Acts 16:23-24And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:Psalm 141:5Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.2 Chronicles 26:19Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.Jeremiah 20:2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.Proverbs 9:7-9He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.Matthew 14:3-4For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.2 Samuel 24:10-14And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
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