16 Asa ahennie afe a ɛtɔ so 36 mu no, Israel hene Baasa+ baa Yuda so, na ɔfirii aseɛ sɛ ɔresan akyekyere Rama+ kuro no* sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara rentumi mfiri Yuda hene Asa nkyɛn mma anaa obiara rentumi nkɔ ne nkyɛn.*+ 2 Ɛnna Asa yii dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ firii Yehowa fie+ ne ahemfie* akoradeɛ mu de kɔmaa Siria hene Ben-Hadad+ a ɔte Damasko no, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: 3 “Apam* da me ne wo ntam, ne me papa ne wo papa ntam. Merebrɛ wo dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ. Bra na bɛtwa apam* a wo ne Israel hene Baasa ayɛ no mu na ɔmfiri me so nkɔ.”

4 Ben-Hadad tiee Ɔhene Asa, na ɔsomaa n’asahene kɔɔ Israel nkuro so, na wɔko faa Eyon,+ Dan,+ Abel-Maim, ne Naftali nkuro mu akoraeɛ nyinaa.+ 5 Berɛ a Baasa teeɛ no, ntɛm ara na ɔgyaee Rama kyekyere.* 6 Ɛnna Ɔhene Asa de Yuda nyinaa kɔeɛ, na wɔkɔsesaa aboɔ ne nnua a na Baasa de rekyekyere Rama+ no, na ɔde kɔkyekyeree Geba+ ne Mispa.*+