John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:2
And Asa did that which was good and right ,.... See 1 Kings 15:11 . read more
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John Gill
John Gill
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
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:4
And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers ,.... To pray to him, and him only, and attend his worship and service; this he did by a public edict: and to do the law and the commandment : to observe all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and civil. 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
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said unto Judah ,.... To the nobles and principal men of the kingdom: let us build these cities ; which he, no doubt, particularly mentioned by name, and pointed at; that is, repair and fortify them, and put them into a better condition of defence: and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars ; which are always made to fortified places, to protect the inhabitants, and keep out an enemy: while the land is yet before us ; in our power, no enemy in it, nor any... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:2
Did that which was good - He attended to what the law required relative to the worship of God. He was no idolater, though, morally speaking, he was not exempt from faults, 1 Kings 15:14 . He suppressed idolatry universally, and encouraged the people to worship the true God: see 2 Chronicles 14:3-5 . 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
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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