2 Chronicles 16:10

“Then Asa was wroth with the seer, etc.] For this faithful reproof of him, which was another instance of his sin and folly: and put him in a prison house; in a very strait place, in which he could not turn himself, what we call “little ease”; some say it was the stocks, others a pillory he put him into: for he was in a rage with him because of this thing; his passion rose very high, and to which he gave way, and was his infirmity: and Asa oppressed some of the people the same time; by fines and imprisonments, such as perhaps expressed their disapprobation of his league with the king of Syria, and of his ill usage of the prophet.”

“Asa oppressed some of the people the same time--The form or degree of this oppression is not recorded. The cause of his oppressing them was probably due to the same offense as that of Hanani--a strong expression of their dissatisfaction with his conduct in leaguing with Ben-hadad, or it may have been his maltreatment of the Lord's servant.”

“The rebuke of Hanani and his imprisonment by Asa, omitted by the writer of Kings, are among the most important of the additions to Asa’s history for which we are indebted to the author of Chronicles. 2 Chronicles 16:7 Escaped out of thine hand - Hanani means, “Hadst thou been faithful, and opposed in arms the joint host of Israel and Syria, instead of bribing the Syrian king to desert to thy side, the entire host would have been delivered into thy hand, as was Zerah’s. But now it is escaped from thee. Thou hast lost a glorious opportunity.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 From henceforth thou shalt have wars - As peace had been the reward of Asa’s earlier faith 2Ch 14:5; 2 Chronicles 15:5, so his want of…”

“16:10 Asa’s infidelity to the Lord in relying on power resulted in other sins, including oppression of the prophet and the people.”

“wroth: Ch2 25:16, Ch2 26:19; Sa2 12:13, Sa2 24:10-14; Psa 141:5; Pro 9:7-9 put him: Ch2 18:26; Jer 20:2, Jer 29:26; Mat 14:3, Mat 14:4; Luk 3:20; Act 16:23, Act 16:24 oppressed: Heb. crushed, Job 20:19 \*marg. Isa 51:23; Jer 51:34; Lam 3:34 the same time: Sa2 11:4, Sa2 12:31 2 Chronicles 16:11”

“This sharp speech so angered the king, that he caused the seer to be set in the stock-house. המּהשפכת בּית, properly, house of stocks. מהפּכת, twisting, is an instrument of torture, a stock, by which the body was forced into an unnatural twisted position, the victim perhaps being bent double, with the hands and feet fastened together: cf. Jer 20:2; Jer 29:26; and Act 16:24, ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν φυλακὴ̀ν καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ ξύλον. "For in wrath against him (scil. he did it) because of this thing, and Asa crushed some of the people at this time." Clearly Hanani's speech, and still more Asa's harsh treatment of the seer, caused great discontent among the people, at…”