2 Chronicles 14:5

(14:4) Also he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high-places and the sun-images: and the kingdom had repose before him.

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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

4(14:3) And he ordered Judah to seek the Lord the God of their fathers, and to execute the law and the commandment.

6(14:5) And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land had repose, and no one had war with him in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5And Rehobo'am dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities as fortresses in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:7And when he had broken down the altars and had beaten the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun-images throughout all the 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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