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OET (OET-RV) No OET-RV 2CH 16:5 verse available
OET-LV And_he/it_was when_heard Baasha and_stopped from_building DOM the_Rāmāhh and_stopped DOM their_property/content.
UHB וַיְהִי֙ כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ בַּעְשָׁ֔א וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל מִבְּנ֖וֹת אֶת־הָרָמָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת אֶת־מְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ס ‡
(vayəhī ⱪishəmoˊa baˊshāʼ vayyeḩddal mibənōt ʼet-hārāmāh vayyashəbēt ʼet-məlaʼkəttō.ş)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And it happened when Baasha heard, then he ceased building Ramah, and he stopped his work.
UST When Baasha heard about that, he commanded his troops to stop fortifying Ramah.
BSB § When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
OEB No OEB 2CH book available
WEB When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
NET When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the project.
LSV And it comes to pass, at Baasha’s hearing, that he ceases from building Ramah, and lets his work rest;
FBV When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and gave up his project.
T4T When Baasha heard about that, he commanded his troops to stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
LEB And it happened that when Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and ceased his work.
BBE Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.
MOF No MOF 2CH book available
JPS And it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
ASV And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
DRA And when Baasa heard of it, he left off the building of Rama, and interrupted his work.
YLT And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;
DBY And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
RV And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
WBS And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it , that he left off the building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
KJB And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
(And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. )
BB And when Baasa heard this, he left building of Rama, and let his worke ceasse.
(And when Baasa heard this, he left building of Rama, and let his work ceasse.)
GNV And when Baasha heard it, he left building of Ramah, and let his worke cease.
(And when Baasha heard it, he left building of Ramah, and let his work cease. )
CB Whan Baesa herde that, he lefte of from buyldinge Rama, and ceassed from his worke.
(Whan Baesa heard that, he left of from building Rama, and ceassed from his worke.)
WYC And whanne Baasa hadde herd this, he ceesside to bilde Rama, and left his werk.
(And when Baasa had heard this, he ceased to bilde Rama, and left his werk.)
LUT Da Baesa das hörete, ließ er ab, Rama zu bauen, und hörete auf von seinem Werk.
(So Baesa the listente, let he ab, Rama to bauen, and listente on from seinem Werk.)
CLV Quod cum audisset Baasa, desiit ædificare Rama, et intermisit opus suum.
(That when/with audisset Baasa, desiit ædificare Rama, and intermisit opus suum. )
BRN And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:
BrLXX Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι Βαασὰ, ἀπέλιπε τοῦ μηκέτι οἰκοδομεῖν τὴν Ῥαμὰ, καὶ κατέπαυσε τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ.
(Kai egeneto en tōi akousai Baʼasa, apelipe tou maʸketi oikodomein taʸn Ɽama, kai katepause to ergon autou. )
16:1-10 Instead of trusting the Lord, Asa relied on foreign powers when Baasha attacked. The Chronicler’s theological purpose was to show that disobedience has consequences.
Trusting in Human Strength
God had repeatedly displayed his power to his people throughout their history. He took a barren elderly couple and made them the progenitors of a great nation. He rescued this nation from the clutches of the powerful tyrant, Egypt. He performed numerous miracles in preserving them in the wilderness. And he had secured victory over their enemies many times during the conquest, the period of the judges, and the monarchical period. Yet, throughout their history, the people of Israel demonstrated a lack of trust in the Lord, instead opting to trust in human strength.
On one occasion, Asa, king of Judah, sought help from the king of Aram—a perennial enemy of God’s people—giving him the treasures of the Temple and palace so he would attack Baasha, king of Israel (2 Chr 16:1-6). The prophet Hanani chastised Asa, seeing in Aram a human foe who would continue to be a nemesis to the kingdom of Judah. Previous battles demonstrated that God was the only ally Asa needed (16:8).
Asa’s reliance on the king of Aram revealed a much deeper spiritual problem. Asa forgot that “the eyes of the Lord search the whole earth” (16:9; see also Zech 4:10). So when Hanani confronted Asa with the error of his ways, Asa summarily threw the prophet into confinement, and the angry king arbitrarily inflicted cruelties on the people (2 Chr 16:10).
Asa provides a sad example of the human propensity to rely on one’s own tangible resources (see Prov 11:7; Isa 31:1; Jer 17:5-6) and to become angry when corrected. Even those who experience the power of the Lord in a very tangible fashion often have this leaning; this was quite true of the generation of Israelites who had been rescued by God from slavery in Egypt. It is much better to rely on the Lord and welcome his direction (cp. Pss 33:18; 37:7; Isa 50:10; Jer 17:7-8; Acts 13:43). Life is a long lesson in trusting God; we might begin by doing what is good and right (2 Chr 14:1-6), but our legacy is not settled until the last deed is done (see Rom 2:6-11; 1 Cor 4:1-5). Faithfulness to the Kingdom of God must not be compromised by personal ambitions.
Passages for Further Study
Deut 13:4; 2 Kgs 6:15-18; 2 Chr 16:1-10; 32:7-8; Pss 20:6-8; 37:3-7; 60:11-12; Prov 11:7-8; 18:10-12; Eccl 3:14; Isa 31:1-5; Jer 17:5-8; Matt 10:26-31; Rom 2:6-11; 1 Cor 4:1-5; Rev 2:8-11
(Occurrence 0) It came about that
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard Baasha and,stopped from,building DOM the,Ramah and,stopped DOM their=property/content )
This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) he stopped building up Ramah, and let his work cease
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard Baasha and,stopped from,building DOM the,Ramah and,stopped DOM their=property/content )
Here Asa represents himself and his army. “his work” refers to other work that his workers were doing in Ramah. Alternate translation: “he commanded his army to stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there” (See also: figs-ellipsis)
(Occurrence 0) building up
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard Baasha and,stopped from,building DOM the,Ramah and,stopped DOM their=property/content )
Alternate translation: “fortifying”