Skip to main content

2 Chronicles 16:6

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

KJV

Porro Asa rex assumpsit universum Judam, et tulerunt lapides de Rama, et ligna quæ ædificationi præparaverat Baasa, ædificavitque ex eis Gabaa et Maspha.

Vulgate

καὶ Ἀσὰ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔλαβεν πάντα τὸν Ἰουδά, καὶ ἔλαβεν τοὺς λίθους τῆς Ῥαμὰ καὶ τὰ ξύλα αὐτῆς ἃ ᾠκοδόμησεν Βαασά, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τὴν Γάβαε καὶ τὴν Μασφά.

LXX

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

ASV

וְ/אָסָ֣א הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ לָקַח֙ אֶת כָּל יְהוּדָ֔ה וַ/יִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽ/רָמָה֙ וְ/אֶת עֵצֶ֔י/הָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַ/יִּ֣בֶן בָּ/הֶ֔ם אֶת גֶּ֖בַע וְ/אֶת הַ/מִּצְפָּֽה

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People JudahAsaBaashaJudah

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָסָ֖א
's'
proper_noun · 57×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בַּעְשָׁ֔א
b'sh'
proper_noun · 28×
גֶּ֖בַע
gb'
proper_noun · 18×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מִּצְפָּֽה
mtsph
proper_noun · 36×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
רָמָ֑ה
rmh
proper_noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 15:22 — Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Ge