2 Chronicles 14:6

And 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

In Context

5fortified 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.

7And Asa had a force of armed men bearing shields and spears in the land of Judah, even three hundred thousand, and in the land of Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand targeteers and archers: all these were mighty warriors.

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Cross References

Judges 3:11And the land was quiet forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Judges 5:31Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: 1 And they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.

1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, he shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

2 Chronicles 8:2that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.

2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

2 Chronicles 20:30And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace; and his God gave him rest round about.

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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