2 Chronicles 14:5

fortified cities in the land of Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 removed from all the cities of Judah the altars and the idols, and established in quietness

6And he said to Judah, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judea.

2 Chronicles 34:7And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and 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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