Asa

7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah. A seer was a man who told people what God showed him. He said, "You trusted the king of Syria. You did not trust the LORD your God. So the Syrian army has slipped away from you."

8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

"The people of Ethiopia and Libya had a huge army. They had many chariots and men on horses. But that time you trusted the LORD. So he handed them over to you."

9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

"The LORD looks all over the earth. He is looking for people whose hearts belong fully to him. He shows his strength by helping them. This time you acted foolishly. From now on you will have wars."

10Then 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.

Asa was angry with the seer. He was so angry that he locked him up in prison. At that same time, Asa was cruel to some of his own people.

11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

The things Asa did, from first to last, were written down. You can read them in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

12And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

In his thirty-ninth year as king, Asa got a disease in his feet. It grew worse and worse. Even then he did not ask the LORD for help. He asked only the doctors.

13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.

Asa died, just as his fathers had died before him. It was his forty-first year as king.

14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

They buried him in the tomb he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bed piled with sweet spices and mixed perfumes. Then they made a great fire to honor him.