"And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease {was} exceeding {great}: y…" — 2 Chronicles 16:12

2 Chronicles 16:12 · KJV

“And 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.”

— 2 Chronicles 16:12

Verse 11

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

Verse 13

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

2 Chronicles 16 — Context

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. {oppressed: Heb. crushed}

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

And 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.

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

And 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. {had made: Heb. had digged}

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:22

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this {is that} king Ahaz.

Mark 5:26

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

1 Chronicles 10:14

And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. {Jesse: Heb. Isai}

2 Chronicles 16:9

For 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. {to shew...: or, strongly to hold with them, etc}

Job 13:4

But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.

Matthew 9:12

But when Jesus heard {that}, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard {it}, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.