Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king`s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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Left - Or, according to another reading, “found.” The wealthy condition of the temple treasury is sufficiently indicated in [Reference 1 Kin…

Sent them to Ben-hadad. —This shows that Syria, recovering its independence at the fall of Solomon’s empire, was already attaining…

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left
in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and …

Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right indeed which is right in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of reformation. He remove…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes