2 Chronicles 14:3

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

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For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

In Context

2And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

4And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

Deuteronomy 7:5But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

Judges 6:25The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

1 Kings 14:22And Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and made him more angry than their fathers had done by their sins.

2 Kings 18:4He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.

2 Kings 23:14The stone pillars were broken to bits and the wood pillars cut down, and the places where they had been were made full of the bones of the dead.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:2-9

Asa King of Judah. ( b. c. 955.) 1 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. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of… Read the whole commentary →

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