1 Kings 15:17-19

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ Then Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah and built Ramah, so that he could let no one go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

¹⁸ Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of the House of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

¹⁹ “A covenant between me and you, and between my father and your father! Behold, I have sent a present of silver and gold to you. Come. Break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may depart from me.”