歷代志下 14:5-6 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

Here is, I. Asa's general character (2 Chron. 14:2): He did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 1. He aimed at pleasing God, studied to approve himself to him. Happy are those that walk by this rule, to do that which is right, not in their own eyes, or in the eye of the world, but in the eyes of God. 2. He saw God's eye always upon him, and that helped much to keep him to what was good and right. 3. God graciously accepted him in what he did, and approved his conduct... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:5

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images ,.... Perhaps the high places in 2 Chronicles 14:3 design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it; these in all the rest of the cities of the land; the "images were", as the word signifies, "sun images", either made in the form of the sun, or dedicated to it, or temples for it; See Gill on Leviticus 26:30 , and the kingdom was quiet before him ; he had no foreign enemy to molest him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:6

And he built fenced cities in Judah ,.... For his defence against the kingdom of Israel and other nations, as Rehoboam had done before him; and which might have been demolished by Shishak king of Egypt, when he took them, 2 Chronicles 11:5 . for the land had rest ; according to the Targum, the land of Israel rested, and gave no disturbance to the kingdom of Judah, not having recovered the blow given them by Abijah; but it is rather to be understood of the land of Judah, which, as it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:6

Fenced cities - To preserve his territories from invasion, and strengthen the frontiers of his kingdom, see 2 Chronicles 14:7 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-5

Rest on every side. It is significant enough that the Chronicler considered it a noteworthy fact that "in his days the land was quiet ten years." It indicates very forcibly that the chronic condition of the country in those times was one of unsettlement and strife. We should think it strange, indeed, if the historian of our country thought it worth while to record that for ten years the sovereign "had no war" ( 2 Chronicles 14:6 ). But it is painful to think that for very many centuries,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

Quiet in the land. I. A GREAT BLESSING . 1 . Its character. No war ( 2 Chronicles 14:6 ). Few, reflecting on the untold calamities of war, the expenditure of blood and treasure, the sorrow and desolation sent into many homes, the interruption of the arts of peace, the bad passions kindled by it in the breasts even of the victors, will doubt that peace is one of the foremost blessings a nation can enjoy. This was the condition of Judah during the first ten years of Asa's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

The quiet often years. The former half of this chapter may be said to turn upon the welcome subject of the "quiet" (spoken of twice), the "no war" (spoken of once), and the "rest" (spoken of three times), which were now for ten years the portion of Judah. The tender youth and the pious promise of King Asa combined, no doubt, in the providence of God, with external circumstances, to secure that interval of quiet and repose from war from which many blessings were able to flow. We may... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2-7

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