2 Chronicles 16:11-17:1

Evangelical Heritage Version

Asa’s Disease and Death

¹¹ You can find the acts of Asa, from first to last, written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

¹² Asa’s feet became diseased in the thirty-ninth year of his reign. His disease was very serious, but even when he was sick, he did not seek the Lord, but only his physicians.

¹³ Asa rested with his fathers. He died in the forty-first year of his reign. ¹⁴ They buried him in his tomb, which he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier^[a] that was covered with all kinds of fragrant spices and perfumed ointments, skillfully blended by the perfume makers. They burned a very large bonfire in his honor.

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah^[b]

17 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat ruled in his place. He strengthened his position against Israel and