2 CHRONICLES 16:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.”
Then King Asa took 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 — Asa dismantled Ramah (וַיַּשֵּׂם אָסָא אֶת־הַעָמִים בִּיהוּדָה וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־אַבְנֵי־הָרָמָה וְאֶת־עֵצָיהּ אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בַּעְשָׁא) and recycled the materials for his own fortifications (Geba and Mizpah—גֶּבַע וּמִצְפָּה). The materials redeployment testified to Asa's military pragmatism.
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