Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. What was the form or degree of this oppression is not recorded. The cause of his oppressing them was, probably, the same offence as Hanani's-for a strong expression of their dissatisfaction with his conduct in leaguing with Ben-hadad, or, it may be, his maltreatment of the Lord's servant.