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2 Chronicles 16:11

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What does 2 Chronicles 16:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles 16:11 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.
9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10Then 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.
11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians.
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers` art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, etc.] (See Gill on “<111523>1 Kings 15:23”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“am 3049-3090, bc 955-914 the acts of Asa: Ch2 9:29, Ch2 12:15, Ch2 20:34, Ch2 26:22 Judah: Ch2 25:26, Ch2 27:7, Ch2 32:32, Ch2 34:18, Ch2 35:27; Kg1 15:23 2 Chronicles 16:12”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The end of Asa's reign; cf. Kg1 15:23-24. \- On Ch2 16:11, cf. the Introduction. Ch2 16:12-13 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet, and that in a high degree. The words חיו עד־למעלה are a circumstantial clause: to a high degree was his sickness. "And also in his sickness (as in the war against Baasha) he sought not Jahve, but turned to the physicians." דּרשׁ is primarily construed with the accus., as usually in connection with יהוה or אלהים, to seek God, to come before Him with prayer and supplication; then with בּ, as usually of an oracle, or seeking help of idols (cf. Sa1 28:7; Kg2 1:2.; Ch1 10:14), and so here of superstitious trust in the physicians.…”
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