5It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.


In Context

2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

3 |Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.|

4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

5 It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, |Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.

2 Chronicles 16:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard [it,] that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:5When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:5And when Baasa heard of it, he left off the building of Rama, and interrupted his work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off the building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:5And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.