2 Chronicles 16:11 (GNV)

Passage

And behold, the actes of Asa first and last, loe, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord beholde all the earth to shewe him selfe strong with them that are of perfite heart towarde him: thou hast then done foolishly in this: therefore from henceforth thou shalt haue warres.

2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him into a prison: for he was displeased with him, because of this thing. And Asa oppressed certaine of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 16:11 And behold, the actes of Asa first and last, loe, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa in the nine and thirtieth yeere of his reigne was diseased in his feete, and his disease was extreme: yet he sought not the Lord in his disease, but to the Phisicions.

2 Chronicles 16:13 So Asa slept with his fathers, and dyed in the one and fourtieth yeere of his reigne.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "actes", "first", "last", "written", "booke", "kings", and "iudah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "actes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Then Asa was wroth with the Seer..." into verse 12's "And Asa in the nine and thirtieth...", so "behold" and "actes" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "actes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.