Text: 2 Chronicles 14:1-16
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 15:9-24
Subject: Rule of Asa
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's extended account of Asa's reign (2 Chr 14:1-16) substantially expands 1 Kings 15:9-24. The Chronicler adds the invasion by Zerah the Ethiopian with a million troops, Asa's exemplary prayer of dependence ("LORD, there is no one besides You to help," ein immekha la'azor), and the resulting divine victory. These additions illustrate the Chronicler's paradigm: kings who seek (darash) the LORD receive military deliverance, while those who trust foreign alliances (as Asa later does) experience rebuke. The narrative arc from faith to failure makes Asa a didactic case study for the post-exilic community.
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Text: 1 Kings 15:9-24
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 14:1-16
Subject: Asa's reign — parallel account with major expansions
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Asa's reign, with Chronicles providing substantially more material. Kings covers Asa in sixteen verses, noting his reforms, his war with Baasha of Israel, and his alliance with Ben-hadad of Aram. The Chronicler devotes three full chapters (2 Chr 14-16), adding Asa's great victory over the Cushite army of Zerah through prayer and trust in God, Azariah's prophetic exhortation, the covenant renewal ceremony, and a final theological critique of Asa's reliance on Aram rather than God. This expanded account illustrates the Chronicler's consistent pattern: early trust in God brings blessing; late-reign self-reliance brings judgment.