2 Chronicles 14:5

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

4and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

6He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:7He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout 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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