2 Chronicles 16:2 (WEB)

Passage

Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

2 Chronicles 16:3 “Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brought", "silver", "gold", "treasures", "yahweh", "house", and "king". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brought" and "silver", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "In the thirty-sixth year of Asa s..." into verse 3's "Let there be a treaty between me...", so "brought" and "silver" 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 "brought" and "silver" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.