Asa’s Treaty with Syria
1   In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa  Baasha  king  of  Israel  came  up  against Judah,  and  built  Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2   Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt 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   And Ben-hadad hearkened unto 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   And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
6   Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried  away  the  stones  of  Ramah,  and  the timber thereof, with which Baasha was building; and he built with them  Geba and Mizpah.

Hanani’s Message to Asa
7   And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.
8   Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you did rely on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand.
9   For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong  in  the  behalf  of  them  whose  heart  is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars.
10   Then Asa was angry 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.

The Death of Asa
11   And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12   And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease became severe: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
13   And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14   And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which  he  had  made  for  himself  in  the  city  of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet ointments and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art: and they made a very great fire in honor of him.