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Benhadad did what Asa asked and sent the Syrian army into Israel. They captured the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-Maim,[a] and all the towns in Naphtali where supplies were kept. When Baasha heard about it, he stopped his work on the town of Ramah.

Asa ordered everyone in Judah to carry away the stones and wood Baasha had used to fortify Ramah. Then he fortified the towns of Geba and Mizpah with these same stones and wood.

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Footnotes

  1. 16.4 Abel-Maim: Also called “Abel-Bethmaacah” (see 1 Kings 15.20).

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