2 Chronicles 16:9

Run to and fro. God’s eyes are everywhere, always searching for those who are wholehearted in service, that through them He might reveal His great power and perform His wondrous works. Through the deeds of righteous men the world becomes acquainted with the nature and power of God. Asa did an injustice not only to himself and his nation but also to God by failing to display faith in the Lord. At the hour when God was seeking for someone through whom He could reveal Himself to the nations, and when the king of Judah appeared to be the one through whom this might be done, Asa failed. If only he had been strong and courageous, moving ahead in the name of the Lord, the reformation he had begun in Judah might have extended to other lands, and many among the heathen would have come to know God and take their stand with Him and with His people.

Foolishly. From the point of view of both God and man the action of Asa had been foolish. The king had only temporarily removed a threat from one enemy, but in order to accomplish this he had greatly strengthened another. The original problem was only partially solved, and new problems were created.

Thou shalt have wars. The peace secured by Asa’s foolish policy of bribing a heathen king was neither real nor permanent. Hanani’s prediction was verified over and over again in the later history of Judah. Asa had the opportunity of striking a telling blow at two opponents. Although there is no specific account of any future wars in which Asa himself was involved, the record is that “there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days” (1 Kings 15:16, 32).