2 Chronicles 16:3

Baasha

¹ In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

² So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

⁴ And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

⁵ When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
KJV: There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
WEB: “Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
ASV: [There is] a league between me and thee, as [there was] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
DARBY: There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I send thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
BLB: “A covenant [is] between me and between you, and between my father and between your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

ÅB: Mellom meg og deg er det jo et forbund, som det var mellom min far og din far. Her sender jeg deg sølv og gull; bryt nå ditt forbund med Baesa, Israels konge, så han må dra bort fra meg!
OTB: "Det er en pakt mellom deg og meg, slik som mellom min far og din far. Se, jeg har sendt deg sølv og gull; gå, bryt din pakt med Baesa, Israels konge, så han vil trekke seg tilbake fra meg."
B1930: Mellem mig og dig er det jo et forbund, som det var mellem min far og din far. Her sender jeg dig sølv og gull; bryt nu ditt forbund med Baesa, Israels konge, så han må dra bort fra mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 15:4
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
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2 Timothy 3:3
unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
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Judges 2:2
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
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Ezekiel 17:18–19
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
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Romans 1:31–32
They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
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Isaiah 31:1–3
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
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Genesis 20:9–10
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
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