4. Ben-hadad agreed with King Asa and sent his army commanders against the cities of Israel, attacking Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
5. As soon as Baasha learned of this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.
6. Then King Asa had all Judah carry away the stone and timber that Baasha was using to build Ramah, and King Asa used it to build Geba and Mizpah.
7. At that time Hanani the seer came to Judah’s King Asa and said to him, "Because you relied on Aram’s king and not on the Lord your God, the army of Aram’s king has slipped out of your grasp.
8. Weren’t the Cushites and the Libyans a vast army with chariots and horsemen to spare? Still, when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your power,
9. because the Lord’s eyes scan the whole world to strengthen those who are committed to him with all their hearts. Your foolishness means that you will have war on your hands from now on."
10. Asa was angry with the seer. Asa was so mad he threw Hanani in jail and took his anger out on some of the people.
11. The rest of Asa’s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the official records of Israel’s and Judah’s kings.