歷代志下 14:1-2 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2

That which was good and right . Our Authorized Version does not omit to mark the first three words with italic type, the simple and emphatic original being, the good and the straight. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

Destructive godliness. Human energy and capacity show themselves in two forms -in the destructive and in the constructive. Though action of the latter kind is the more honourable and admirable of the two, yet that of the former is also useful and needful in its time. Moses did a very good work for the people of Israel when he ground to powder the golden calf; and Hezekiah, when he broke in pieces the brazen serpent and called it "a bit of brass;" and the Christians of Ephesus did a wise... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2-7

Constructive godliness. It is better to construct than to destroy (see preceding homily), and though Asa did well in demolishing the strange altars and expelling the sodomites from the land, he did even better in I. BUILDING UP OURSELVES on our holy faith (Jud 1:20). A man's first duty is that which he owes to his own spirit; for God has given him that, above all things, to have in charge and to present pure and perfect before him at the last. We are, therefore, most sacredly... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:1

Asa his son reigned - If Rehoboam was (1 Kings 12:8 note) not more than 21 years old at his accession, Asa, when he mounted the throne, must have been a mere boy, not more than 10 or 11 years of age.The land was quiet ten years - The great blow struck by Abijah 2 Chronicles 13:15-19, his alliance with Syria 1 Kings 15:19, and the rapid succession of sovereigns in Israel during the earlier part of Asa’s reign 1 Kings 15:25-33, would naturally prevent disturbance on the part of the northern... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 14:1

2 Chronicles 14:1. In his days the land was quiet ten years There was no war with the kingdom of Israel, which did not recover the blow given in the last reign for a great while. Abijah’s victory, which was owing, under God, to his courage and bravery, laid a foundation for Asa’s peace, which was the reward of his piety, and the reformation he effected. Though Abijah had little religion himself, he was instrumental in preparing the way for one that had much. If Abijah had not done what he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 14:2

2 Chronicles 14:2. Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord Happy they that walk by this rule; that do not only that which is right in their own eyes, or in the eyes of the world, but which is so in God’s eyes. Asa saw that God’s eye was always upon him, and therefore he kept his eye always upon God, studied to approve himself to him, and endeavoured in all things to please him. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

Reformation under Asa (14:1-16:14)God’s blessings on Asa showed his pleasure with those who removed Canaanite customs and restored the Levitical order of worship. God rewarded Asa by giving him a remarkable victory over a large and powerful army that invaded from the south. This sign of God’s pleasure encouraged Asa to continue his reforms with greater boldness (14:1-15:19; see notes on 1 Kings 15:9-15).When, however, Asa trusted in outside help instead of trusting in God, he displeased God and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 14:1

slept, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16 . quiet ten years. There was only border fighting (1 Kings 15:19 , 1 Kings 15:32 ), but no actual campaign. See note on 2 Chronicles 15:19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:1

ASA'S WAR WITH ZERAH THE ETHIOPIANIII. ASA (913-873 B.C.)THE DEATH OF ABIJAH AND THE ACCESSION OF ASA"So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God: for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:1

1. In his days the land was quiet ten years—This long interval of peace was the continued effect of the great battle of Zemaraim (compare :-). read more