“There is a covenant[a] between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.” And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the (A)store cities of Naphtali. And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:3 Or treaty; twice in this verse

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