2 Chronicles 16:12

“And Asa in the thirty ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, etc.] This was about two years before his death, and his disease is generally thought to be the gout in his feet, and a just retaliation for putting the prophet’s feet into the stocks: until his disease was exceeding great; it increased upon him, and became very severe and intolerable, and the fits were frequent, as well as the pain sharper; though the sense of the Hebrew f62 phrase may be, that his disease got upwards, into a superior part of his body, head, or stomach, which, when the gout does, it is dangerous. A very learned physician f63 is of opinion, that not the gout, but what he calls an “aedematous” swelling of…”

“Asa . . . was diseased in his feet--probably the gout. yet his disease was exceeding great--better, "moved upwards" in his body, which proves the violent and dangerous type of the malady. yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians--most probably Egyptian physicians, who were anciently in high repute at foreign courts, and who pretended to expel diseases by charms, incantations, and mystic arts. Asa's fault consisted in his trusting to such physicians, while he neglected to supplicate the aid and blessing of God. The best and holiest men have been betrayed for a time into sins, but through repentance have risen again; and as Asa is pronounced a good man (Ch2 15:17),…”

“Yet in his disease he sought not ... - Rather, “and also in his disease he sought not.” Not only in his war with Baasha, but also when attacked by illness, Asa placed undue reliance upon the aid of man. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Sought not - He did not humble himself before God, but put his confidence in the skill and faithfulness of his physicians. His making use of physicians was his duty, but his trusting in them, and expecting that from them, which was to be had from God only, was his sin and folly. The help of every creature must be used, with an eye to the creator, and in dependence on him, who makes every creature that to us which it is, without whom the most skilful and faithful are physicians of no value. 2 Chronicles 16:14”

“16:12 Sickness was often seen as punishment for sin (see 21:18-19; 26:20).”

“am 3088, bc 916 diseased: Mat 7:2; Luk 6:37, Luk 6:38; Rev 3:19 in his disease: Ch2 16:9, Ch2 28:22; Ch1 10:14; Jer 17:5 physicians: Gen 50:2; Job 13:4; Jer 8:22; Mat 9:12; Mar 2:17, Mar 5:26; Col 4:14 2 Chronicles 16:13”