Bible Cross References
Asa
1 Kings 15:15
He placed in the Temple all the objects his father had dedicated to God, as well as the gold and silver objects that he himself dedicated.
1 Kings 14:26
He took away all the treasures in the Temple and in the palace, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
2 Kings 12:18
King Joash of Judah took all the offerings that his predecessors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah had dedicated to the LORD, added to them his own offerings and all the gold in the treasuries of the Temple and the palace, and sent them all as a gift to King Hazael, who then led his army away from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 18:15
Hezekiah sent him all the silver in the Temple and in the palace treasury;
2 Kings 18:16
he also stripped the gold from the temple doors and the gold with which he himself had covered the doorposts, and he sent it all to Sennacherib.
2 Chronicles 15:18
He placed in the Temple all the objects his father Abijah had dedicated to God, as well as the gold and silver objects that he himself dedicated.
2 Chronicles 16:2-6
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So Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple and the palace and sent it to Damascus, to King Benhadad of Syria, with this message:
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"Let us be allies, as our fathers were. This silver and gold is a present for you. Now break your alliance with King Baasha of Israel so that he will have to pull his troops out of my territory."
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Benhadad agreed to Asa's proposal and sent his commanding officers and their armies to attack the cities of Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the cities of Naphtali where supplies were stored.
5
When King Baasha heard what was happening, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the work.
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Then King Asa gathered men from throughout Judah and had them carry off the stones and timbers that Baasha had been using at Ramah, and they used them to fortify the cities of Geba and Mizpah.
Ben-hadad
1 Kings 20:1-5
1
King Benhadad of Syria gathered all his troops, and supported by thirty-two other rulers with their horses and chariots, he marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and launched attacks against it.
2
He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel to say, "King Benhadad demands that
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you surrender to him your silver and gold, your women and the strongest of your children."
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"Tell my lord, King Benhadad, that I agree; he can have me and everything I own," Ahab answered.
5
Later the messengers came back to Ahab with another demand from Benhadad: "I sent you word that you were to hand over to me your silver and gold, your women and your children.
1 Kings 20:33-5
1 Kings 20:34-5
2 Kings 8:7-15
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Elisha went to Damascus at a time when King Benhadad of Syria was sick. When the king was told that Elisha was there,
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he said to Hazael, one of his officials, "Take a gift to the prophet and ask him to consult the LORD to find out whether or not I am going to get well."
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So Hazael loaded forty camels with all kinds of the finest products of Damascus and went to Elisha. When Hazael met him, he said, "Your servant King Benhadad has sent me to ask you whether or not he will recover from his sickness."
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Elisha answered, "The LORD has revealed to me that he will die; but go to him and tell him that he will recover."
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Then Elisha stared at him with a horrified look on his face until Hazael became ill at ease. Suddenly Elisha burst into tears.
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"Why are you crying, sir?" Hazael asked. "Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel," Elisha answered. "You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women."
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"How could I ever be that powerful?" Hazael asked. "I'm a nobody!" "The LORD has shown me that you will be king of Syria," Elisha replied.
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Hazael went back to Benhadad, who asked him, "What did Elisha say?" "He told me that you would certainly get well," Hazael answered.
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But on the following day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and smothered the king. And Hazael succeeded Benhadad as king of Syria.
Damascus
1 Kings 11:23
God also caused Rezon son of Eliada to turn against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
1 Kings 11:24
and had become the leader of a gang of outlaws. (This happened after David had defeated Hadadezer and had slaughtered his Syrian allies.) Rezon and his gang went and lived in Damascus, where his followers made him king of Syria.
Genesis 14:15
There he divided his men into groups, attacked the enemy by night, and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus,
Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, "Sovereign LORD, what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.
Jeremiah 49:27
I will set the walls of Damascus on fire and will burn down King Benhadad's palaces. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."
Amos 1:4
So I will send fire upon the palace built by King Hazael and I will burn down the fortresses of King Benhadad.