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2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Asa reacts to the prophet's rebuke by imprisoning him and oppressing portions of the population during an active military crisis.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּכְעַס (va.yikkha‘es) denotes intense, active anger, while בֵּית הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת (beit hammahephekhet) literally translates to "house of the overturning," a term for a prison.
The thread — The act of confining a prophetic messenger recurs in 2 Chronicles 18:26, while the broader biblical record tracks royal resistance to divine correction in 2 Samuel 11:4 and 12:13.
Why it lands — The narrative records a ruler's violent rejection of warning, demonstrating how fear and pride override the requirement for wholehearted devotion to God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- 2 Samuel 11:4 Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
- 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 2 Samuel 12:31 David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
- Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 9:7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.