2 Chronicles 16:10 (LSB)

Passage

Then Asa was vexed with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a vast military force with an exceedingly vast number of chariots and horsemen? Yet because you leaned on Yahweh, He gave them into your hand.

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of Yahweh move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is wholly devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”

2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was vexed with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 16:11 Now behold, the acts of Asa from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12 And Asa became diseased in his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek Yahweh, but the physicians.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "vexed", "seer", "prison", "enraged", "oppressed", "some", "people", and "same". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "vexed" and "seer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For the eyes of Yahweh move to..." into verse 11's "Now behold the acts of Asa from...", so "vexed" and "seer" 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 "vexed" and "seer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.