1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
Cross-reference
1 Kings 15:15 records Asa dedicating silver and gold to the temple; here he removes those same resources to bribe Ben-Hadad, reversing his earlier piety.
1 Kings 11:23 introduces Rezon as the founder of Aram's Damascus kingdom, the line from which Ben-hadad descended.
1 Kings 11:24 describes Rezon's reign in Damascus, establishing the kingdom that later produced Ben-hadad.
1 Kings 14:26 recounts Shishak's plunder of the temple and palace treasures, showing that what Asa sends is the remnant after that earlier loss.
2 Kings 12:18 shows Jehoash similarly sending temple and palace treasures to an Aramean king, mirroring Asa's tactic of buying off a foreign threat.
2 Kings 18:15 records Hezekiah giving all the silver from temple and palace to Assyria, echoing Asa's earlier use of sacred treasures for tribute.
2 Kings 18:16 adds that Hezekiah stripped gold from temple doors to pay Assyria, intensifying Asa's pattern of using temple wealth for foreign payments.
2 Chronicles 15:18 records Asa bringing silver and gold into the temple, the same treasure he later takes out in 1 Kings 15:18 for his bribe.
2 Chronicles 16:2-6 gives the parallel account of Asa's bribe to Ben-Hadad, adding details like the cities Ben-Hadad captured and the prophet's rebuke.
Jeremiah 49:27 prophesies fire on Ben-hadad's fortresses, showing the eventual judgment on the dynasty Asa bribed.
Amos 1:4 prophesies fire on Ben-hadad's fortresses, reinforcing the judgment theme on the same Aram dynasty.
2 Kings 14:14 describes Jehoash plundering temple treasures — Asa gave them away, contrasting handling of royal wealth.
2 Chronicles 12:9 recounts Shishak plundering the same temple and palace treasures. Both involve removing these treasures, but Asa gives them voluntarily as a bribe.
1 Chronicles 26:20 details Levitical oversight of temple treasuries, the source Asa drew from for his bribe.