2 Chronicles 16 · Verse 10

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
2 Chronicles 16:10, King James Version

2 Chronicles 16:10 in other translations

BSBAsa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
WEBThen Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
ASVThen Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
YLTAnd Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for he is in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth some of the people at that time.
DARBYAnd Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
BBEThen Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.
WebsterThen Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

What does 2 Chronicles 16:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

7-10. Hanani the seer came to Asa ... and said--His object was to show the king his error in forming his recent league with Ben-hadad. The prophet represented the appropriation of the temple treasures to purchase the services of the Syrian mercenaries, as indicating a distrust in God most blameable with the king's experience. He added, that in consequence of this want of faith, Asa had lost the opportunity of…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Asa was wroth with the seer - Instead of humbling himself, and deprecating the displeasure of the Lord, he persecuted his messenger: and having thus laid his impious hands upon the prophet, he appears to have got his heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin; and then he began to oppress the people, either by unjust imprisonments, or excessive taxations.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 16:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּכְעַ֨סvai.yikh.'Asand he was angryH3707
אָסָ֜א'a.Sa'AsaH609
אֶל\־'el-againstH413
הָרֹאֶ֗הha.ro.'Ehthe seerH7203
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yi.te.Ne.huand he put himH5414
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַמַּהְפֶּ֔כֶתha.mah.Pe.khetthe stock[s]H4115
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בְזַ֥עַףve.Za.'afin a rageH2197
עִמּ֖וֹi.Mowith himH5973
עַל\־'al-onH5921
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
וַיְרַצֵּ֥ץvay.ra.Tzetzand he crushedH7533
אָסָ֛א'a.Sa'AsaH609
מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
בָּעֵ֥תba.'Etat the timeH6256
הַהִֽיא\׃ha.Hi'<the> thatH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 16:10

  • 2 Chronicles 18:26

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

  • 2 Samuel 24:10-14

    And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. …

  • Jeremiah 29:26

    The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

  • 2 Samuel 11:4

    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:19

    Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

  • 2 Samuel 12:13

    And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

  • Job 20:19

    Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Jeremiah 20:2

    Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.

  • Lamentations 3:34

    To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  • Matthew 14:3-4

    For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

  • Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wroth.
25:16; 26:19; 2Sa 12:13; 24:10-14; Ps 141:5; Pr 9:7-9
put him.
18:26; Jer 20:2; 29:26; Mt 14:3,4; Lu 3:20; Ac 16:23,24
oppressed. Heb. crushed.
Job 20:19; *marg:
Isa 51:23; Jer 51:34; La 3:34
the same time.
2Sa 11:4; 12:31

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 16:9

    For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10

    Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:11

    And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

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2 Chronicles 16:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y enojado Asa contra el vidente, echólo en la casa de la cárcel, porque fué en extremo conmovido á causa de esto. Y oprimió Asa en aquel tiempo algunos del pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Asa s’irrita contre le voyant, et le mit en prison; car il était indigné contre lui à cause de cela. Et en ce temps-là, Asa opprima quelques-uns du peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Asa wurde ärgerlich über den Seher und legte ihn in das Stockhaus; denn er war dieserhalb gegen ihn erzürnt. Auch tat Asa zu selbiger Zeit etlichen von dem Volke Gewalt an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Iratusque Asa adversus videntem, jussit eum mitti in nervum: valde quippe super hoc fuerat indignatus: et interfecit de populo in tempore illo plurimos.