2 Chronicles 14:5

And he took away, from all the cities of Judah, the altars and the shrines. And he reigned in peace.

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In The King James Version

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

In Context

4And he instructed Judah that they should seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and that they should carry out the law and all the commandments.

6Also, he built fortified cities in Judah. For it was quiet, and in his time no wars had arisen. For the Lord was generously granting peace.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5Then Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built fortified cities in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:7And when he had destroyed the altars and the sacred groves, and had broken the idols to pieces, and when all the profane shrines had been demolished from the entire land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

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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