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.
Context
This verse from 2 Chronicles Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Baasha of Israel blockades Judah; Asa strips the temple treasury to hire the Arameans of Ben-hadad to break the alliance with Baasha—it works strategically but the seer Hanani rebukes Asa for relying on Aram rather than God. Asa angrily imprisons …
Other Translations
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 hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.
Cross References
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers …
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they …
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit …
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart …
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: …
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom …
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,