HANANI THE SEER, IMPRISONED BY KING ASA · TWO KINGDOMS

Hanani. He told Asa he had relied on the king of Syria, and was put in prison for it.

SCRIPTURE CALLS

Seer

ERA

Two kingdoms 930–586 BC

IN THE DAYS OF

Asa

BOOK

None bears the name

HOW THE WORD CAME

Chronicles calls him “Hanani the seer”; he “came to Asa king of Judah” and told him what his reliance on the king of Syria had cost.

THE CALL

How the word came

  • Chronicles calls him “Hanani the seer”; he “came to Asa king of Judah” and told him what his reliance on the king of Syria had cost. The text does not say how the word came to him. 2 Chronicles 16:7

BEFORE THE KINGS

Before Asa

KING OF JUDAH

Asa

“Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV) →

THE MESSAGE

The word in its main themes

Rely on the LORD

“Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.”

2 Chronicles 16:7 (KJV) →

The eyes of the LORD

“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.”

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV) →

THE WORD TO …

To whom the word was spoken

TO ASA KING OF JUDAH

“Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV) →

COMPANIONS AND OPPONENTS

Who stood with him, and against him

Ben-hadad king of Syria

Jehu son of Hanani

HOW THE STORY ENDS

Scripture says, tradition says

SCRIPTURE SAYS

  • Asa put him “in a prison house”; Scripture does not say whether or when he was set free. 2 Chronicles 16:10

TRADITION SAYS

No tradition is recorded here.

OPEN QUESTIONS

Where readers have differed

Yes

C. F. Keil (1872); the Pulpit Commentary (1880–1897); Ellicott's commentary and the Jewish Encyclopedia, more cautiously

Keil: Jehu “was without doubt his son”; the Pulpit Commentary says “Presumably”, Ellicott “perhaps”, and the Jewish Encyclopedia “probably”. The site's person data treats them as father and son. 2 Chronicles 16:7 2 Chronicles 19:2 [61][91][14][50]

Scripture does not say

W. E. Barnes (1899)

Barnes notes only that “Hanani as a seer is known to us from this passage only”, while Jehu is elsewhere called “son of Hanani”. 2 Chronicles 16:7 [110]

IN SCRIPTURE

Every passage

CHAPTERS · 1

2 Chronicles 16

PASSAGES · 1

2 Chronicles 16:7–10

WHAT SCRIPTURE DOES NOT SAY

  • Kings does not mention Hanani's rebuke or his imprisonment; they are in Chronicles only.
  • Chronicles goes on to tell Asa's disease in his feet (2 Chronicles 16:12) but does not link it to Hanani's word.
  • Scripture does not say what became of Hanani after the prison house.

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