2 Chronicles 16:6 (LSB)

Passage

Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:4 So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his military forces against the cities of Israel, and they struck down Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 16:5 Now it happened that when Baasha heard of it, he ceased building up Ramah and stopped his work.

2 Chronicles 16:6 Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 16:7 Now at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have leaned on the king of Aram and have not leaned on Yahweh your God, therefore the military force of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "brought", "judah", "carried", "away", "stones", "ramah", and "timber". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Now it happened that when Baasha heard..." into verse 7's "Now at that time Hanani the seer...", so "king" and "brought" 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 "king" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.