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2 Chronicles 16:6

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Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

Then Asa {H609} the king {H4428} took {H3947} all Judah {H3063}; and they carried away {H5375} the stones {H68} of Ramah {H7414}, and the timber {H6086} thereof, wherewith Baasha {H1201} was building {H1129}; and he built {H1129} therewith Geba {H1387} and Mizpah {H4709}.

Asa the king took all Y'hudah and carried off the stones and timber which Ba'asha had used to fortify Ramah. With them he fortified Geva and Mitzpah.

Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 15:22 (2 votes)

    Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

  • Zechariah 14:10 (2 votes)

    All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

  • Joshua 18:24 (2 votes)

    And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

  • Joshua 18:26 (2 votes)

    And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:60 (2 votes)

    And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.

  • 1 Samuel 10:17 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

  • 1 Samuel 7:6 (2 votes)

    And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.