“There’s a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel’s King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me.”

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim,[a] and all the storage cities[b] of Naphtali. When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stopped his work.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:4 Abel-beth-maacah in 1Kg 15:20
  2. 2 Chronicles 16:4 = all Chinnereth in 1Kg 15:20

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