2 Chronicles 16:5 (YLT)

Passage

And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 16:3 `A covenant <FI>is<Fi> between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.'

2 Chronicles 16:4 And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 16:5 And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

2 Chronicles 16:6 and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 16:7 And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cometh", "pass", "baasha's", "hearing", "ceaseth", "building", "ramah", and "letteth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cometh" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa and..." into verse 6's "and Asa the king hath taken all...", so "cometh" and "pass" 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 "cometh" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.