Asa sends treasure to Damascus

Kings of Judah and Israel · 1 Kings 15

Story guide: Servants carry the last silver and gold from the Temple and palace treasuries toward Damascus, where Asa hopes Ben-hadad will break his covenant with Baasha.

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18Then Asa took all the silver and gold remaining in the treasuries of Yahweh’s temple and the royal palace and entrusted it to his servants. King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, with this message:

19“There is a covenant between you and me, as there was between your father and mine. Look, I have sent you a bribe of silver and gold. Break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from my land.”

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