John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:3
For he took away the altars of the strange gods ,.... Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, 1 Kings 11:7 . and the high places ; built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was worshipped, they were not removed in his days, 1 Kings 15:14 . and brake down the images : or statues, or pillars, erected to the honour of idols, and on which the images of them were... read more
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