2 Tawarikh 16:4-6

16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ¹  They conquered ²  Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, ³  and all the storage cities of Naphtali. 16:5 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying ⁴  Ramah and abandoned the project. ⁵  16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ⁶  He used the materials to build up ⁷  Geba and Mizpah.

¹ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

² tn Heb “They struck down.”

³ sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.

⁴ tn Heb “building.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”

⁶ tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he built with them.”