Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah." — 2 Chronicles 16:6 (ASV)
Then. — And.
Asa the king took all Judah. — 1 Kings 15:22: And the king Asa called together all Judah; none was exempted. The chronicler has modified an obscure sentence. The rest of the verse coincides with Kings, except that the latter reads Geba of Benjamin.
Mizpah. —Jeremiah 41:9–10 mentions a great cistern which Asa made in Mizpah for fear of Baasha king of Israel.