2 Chronicles 14:6

Therefore he said unto Yehudah, Let us build up these cities, and make about them chomah, and migdalim, gates, and bars. HaAretz is yet before us, because we have sought Hashem Eloheinu, we have sought Him, and He hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

5And he built arei metzurah in Yehudah; for HaAretz was at peace, and he had no milchamah in those years, because Hashem had given him rest.

7And Asa had an army of men that bore shields and spears, out of Yehudah three hundred thousand; and out of Binyamin, that bore mogen and drew keshet (bow), two hundred and fourscore elef; all these were gibborei chayil.

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Cross References

Judges 3:11And the land had rest arba'im shanah. And Otniel ben Kenaz died.

Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, Hashem; 1 but let them that love Him be 1 as the shemesh in its gevurah. And HaAretz had rest arba'im shanah.

1 Chronicles 22:9Hinei, Ben shall be born to thee, who shall be an ish menuchah (man of rest); and I will give him rest from all his oyevim all around; for shmo shall be Sh'lomo, and I will grant shalom and sheket (quiet) unto Yisroel in his yamim (days).

2 Chronicles 8:2That the cities which Churam had restored to Sh'lomo, Sh'lomo rebuilt them, and caused the Bnei Yisroel to dwell there.

2 Chronicles 15:15And all Yehudah rejoiced at the shevu'ah, for they had sworn with all their lev, and sought Him with their whole ratzon; and He was found by them; and Hashem gave them rest all around.

2 Chronicles 20:30So the Malchut Yehoshaphat was at peace, for Elohav gave him rest on every side.

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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