Asa took all the silver and gold left among the treasures of the Lord’ s temple and his own palace. He put his officials in charge of it. He sent the officials to Ben- Hadad. Ben- Hadad was king of Aram. He was ruling in Damascus. He was the son of Tabrimmon and the grandson of Hezion.

于是亚撒将耶和华殿和王宫府库里所剩下的金银都交在他臣仆手中，打发他们往住大马士革的亚兰王希旬的孙子、他伯利们的儿子便哈达那里去，

于是亚撒把耶和华殿和王宫府库里所剩下的金银都交在他臣仆手中，派他们到住在大马士革的亚兰王，就是希旬的孙子，他伯利门的儿子便‧哈达那里去，说：

于是亚撒把耶和华殿和王宫府库里所剩下的金银都交在他臣仆手中，派他们到住在大马士革的亚兰王，就是希旬的孙子，他伯利门的儿子便‧哈达那里去，说：

于是，亚撒把耶和华殿里和王宫库房里剩余的金银交给臣仆，派他们送给大马士革的亚兰王，即他伯利们的儿子、希旬的孙子便·哈达，说：

于是亚撒把耶和华殿和王宫的府库里所剩下的金银，都交在他臣仆的手中。亚撒王差派他们到大马士革的亚兰王，希旬的孙子、他伯利们的儿子便．哈达那里去，说：

於是亞撒將耶和華殿和王宮府庫裏所剩下的金銀都交在他臣僕手中，打發他們往住大馬士革的亞蘭王－希旬的孫子、他伯利們的兒子便‧哈達那裏去，

於是亞撒把耶和華殿和王宮府庫裏所剩下的金銀都交在他臣僕手中，派他們到住在大馬士革的亞蘭王，就是希旬的孫子，他伯利門的兒子便‧哈達那裏去，說：

於是亞撒把耶和華殿和王宮府庫裏所剩下的金銀都交在他臣僕手中，派他們到住在大馬士革的亞蘭王，就是希旬的孫子，他伯利門的兒子便‧哈達那裏去，說：

於是，亞撒把耶和華殿裡和王宮庫房裡剩餘的金銀交給臣僕，派他們送給大馬士革的亞蘭王，即他伯利們的兒子、希旬的孫子便·哈達，說：

於是亞撒把耶和華殿和王宮的府庫裡所剩下的金銀，都交在他臣僕的手中。亞撒王差派他們到大馬士革的亞蘭王，希旬的孫子、他伯利們的兒子便．哈達那裡去，說：

於是亞撒將永恆主之殿的府庫和王宮的府庫裏所剩下的金銀、都交在他臣僕手中，打發他們到住大馬色的亞蘭王、希旬的孫子、他伯利們的兒子便哈達那裏去，

亞撒取耶和華室及王宮府庫、所餘之金銀、付其臣僕、遣詣居大馬色之亞蘭王、希旬孫、他伯利們子便哈達、曰、

亞撒以耶和華殿中之府庫、及王宮室所藏之金銀、托其臣僕、遣至大馬色、以饋亞蘭王、希旬孫達哩門子便哈達、曰、

亞撒以屬主殿之府庫中、與屬王宮之府庫中、所餘之金銀、遣其臣僕、餽都大瑪色之亞蘭王希旬孫他伯利們子便哈達、曰、

Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying,

Asa responded by removing all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace. He sent it with some of his officials to Ben hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and gave it to his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and handed it over to his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben- hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold[ that were] left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

He carried away the treasures of the Lord’ s temple. He also carried away the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything. That included all the gold shields Solomon had made.

But Joash, the king of Judah, didn’t want to go to war. So he took all the sacred objects. They had been set apart to the Lord by the kings who had ruled over Judah before him. Those kings were Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah. Joash took the gifts he himself had set apart. He took all the gold that was among the temple treasures. He also took all the gold from the royal palace. He sent all those things to Hazael, the king of Aram. Then Hazael pulled his army back from Jerusalem.

God brought another enemy against Solomon. The enemy’s name was Rezon. He was the son of Eliada. Rezon had run away from his master Hadadezer, the king of Zobah.David had destroyed Zobah’s army. Then Rezon gathered together some men to follow him. He became their leader. They went to Damascus where they made their homes. They also took control of Damascus.

He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other things to the Lord. Asa brought them into the Lord’ s temple.

During the night Abram separated his men into groups. They attacked their enemies and drove them away. They chased them north of Damascus as far as Hobah.

Ben- Hadad brought his whole army together. He was king of Aram. He went up to Samaria. He took 32 kings and their horses and chariots with him. All of them surrounded Samaria and attacked it.Ben- Hadad sent messengers into the city. They spoke to Ahab, the king of Israel. They told him,“ Ben- Hadad says,‘ Your silver and gold belong to me. The best of your wives and children also belong to me.’ ”The king of Israel replied,“ What you say is true. You are my king and master. I belong to you. And everything I have belongs to you.”The messengers came again. They told Ahab,“ Ben- Hadad says,‘ I commanded you to give me your silver and gold. I also commanded you to give me your wives and children.

The men thought that was good news. So they quickly used the word Ahab had used.“ Yes! Your friend Ben- Hadad!” they said.“ Go and get him,” the king said. Ben- Hadad came out of the secret room. Then Ahab had him get into his chariot.“ I’ll return the cities my father took from your father,” Ben- Hadad offered.“ You can set up your own market areas in Damascus. That’s what my father did in Samaria.” Ahab said,“ If we sign a peace treaty, I’ll set you free.” So Ben- Hadad made a treaty with him. Then Ahab let him go.

So I will send fire to destroy the palace of King Hazael. It will burn up the forts of his son Ben- Hadad.

Asa took the silver and gold from among the treasures of the Lord’ s temple and his own palace. He sent it to Ben- Hadad. Ben- Hadad was king of Aram. He was ruling in Damascus.“ Let’s make a peace treaty between us,” Asa said.“ My father and your father had made a peace treaty between them. Now I’m sending you silver and gold. So break your treaty with Baasha, the king of Israel. Then he’ll go back home.”Ben- Hadad agreed with King Asa. He sent his army commanders against the towns of Israel. His army captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim and all the cities in Naphtali where Baasha stored things.Baasha heard about it. So he stopped building up Ramah and left that place.Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah to Ramah. They carried away the stones and wood Baasha had been using. Asa used them to build up Geba and Mizpah.

“ I will set the walls of Damascus on fire. It will burn down the strong towers of King Ben- Hadad.”

Elisha went to Damascus. Ben- Hadad was sick. He was king of Aram. The king was told,“ The man of God has come all the way up here.”Then the king said to Hazael,“ Take a gift with you. Go and see the man of God. Ask him for the Lord’ s advice. Ask him whether I will get well again.”Hazael went to see Elisha. Hazael took 40 camels with him as a gift. The camels were loaded with all the finest goods of Damascus. Hazael went into Elisha’s house and stood in front of him. Hazael said,“ Ben- Hadad has sent me. He is the king of Aram. He asks,‘ Will I get well again?’ ”Elisha answered,“ Go and tell him,‘ Yes. You will get well again.’ But the Lord has shown me that he will in fact die.”Elisha stared at him without looking away. He did it until Hazael felt uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.“ Why are you weeping?” asked Hazael.“ Because I know how much harm you will do to the people of Israel,” Elisha answered.“ You will set fire to their cities that have high walls around them. You will kill their young men with your swords. You will smash their little children on the ground. You will rip open their pregnant women.”Hazael said,“ How could I possibly do a thing like that? I’m nothing but a dog. I don’t have that kind of power.”“ You will become king of Aram,” Elisha answered.“ That’s what the Lord has shown me.”Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. Ben- Hadad asked,“ What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied,“ He told me you would get well again.”But the next day Hazael got a thick cloth. He soaked it in water. He spread it over the king’s face. He held it there until the king died. Then Hazael became the next king after him.

But Abram said,“ Lord and King, what can you give me? I still don’t have any children. My servant Eliezer comes from Damascus. When I die, he will get everything I own.”

So Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord’ s temple. He also gave him all the silver among the treasures in the royal palace.Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had covered the doors and doorposts of the Lord’ s temple with gold. But now he had to strip it off. He had to give it to the king of Assyria.

He and his father had set apart silver, gold and other things to the Lord. Asa brought them into God’s temple.