“ And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: ”
2 Chronicles 14:1 to 2 Chronicles 16:14 . The Reign of Asa (see notes on 1 Kings 15:8 ; 1 Kings 15:11-23 ). Most of this section has no parallel in 1 K. 2 Chronicles 14:1-8 describes Asa...
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: Did that which was good - He attended to what the law required relative to the worship of God. He was no idolater, though,...
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: Asa did that which was good and right - (cf. 1 Kings 15:14 .) Still, his character and life were not free from faul...
Reign of Asa This chapter adds to what is related of Asa in 1 Kings 15:9-24 an account of the invasion of the Ethiopian Zerah.
REIGN OF ASA (2 Chronicles 14-16.) ( a ) EFFORTS TO ROOT OUT ILLEGITIMATE WORSHIPS, AND TO STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL DEFENCES ( 2 Chronicles 14:2-7 ; comp. 1 Kings 15:9-15 ). (2) That...
ASA: DIVINE RETRIBUTION 2 Chronicles 14:1-15 ; 2 Chronicles 15:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 16:1-14 ABIJAH, dying, as far as we can gather from Chronicles, in the odor of sanctity, was succeeded by hi...
In Asa there was a break in the continuity of naughtiness which so singularly characterized the succession of kings. His was a long reign, and though not characterized by the pronounced reforms which...
It should seem from the account here given that Asa, immediately on his accession to the throne, began to reform the abuses of the preceding reign of his father. Idolatry he abolished, which had crep...
GOOD KING ASA ‘Asa did that which was good.’ 2 Chronicles 14:2 I. Asa’s good beginning. —When Asa came to the throne he found the land overrun with idolatry. The first task to which he put...
And Asa did that which was good and right ,.... See 1 Kings 15:11 .
And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: Ver. 2. And Asa did that which was good. ] See 1 Kings 15:11 . In the eyes of the Lord. ] Not in his own eyes, or...
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord Happy they that walk by this rule; that do not only that which is right in their own eyes, or in the eyes of the world , but which i...
THE REIGN OF ASA (vv.1-15) Abijah was buried in Jerusalem and his son Asa took the throne of Judah. To his credit the land was quiet for ten years, with no attacking enemies, for the character o...
Asa King of Judah. B. C. 955. 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in...
Of this and the next verse, See Poole on " 1 Kings 15:11 " See Poole on " 1 Kings 15:12 "
CRITICAL NOTES.] Asa succeeds, suppresses idols, and defends his kingdom ( 2 Chronicles 14:1-8 ; cf. 1 Kings 15:8-12 ; 1 Kings 15:14-15 ). Gains victory over Zerah and spoils Ethiopians. 2 Chr...
2 Chronicles 14:2 There is many a useful lesson to be learnt from the story of Asa's life. Consider: I. Where his piety was born. In a most unlikely home. He was brought up in an ungodly family....
2 Chronicles 14:3 . Altars of the strange… The author of this book, like Moses, Deuteronomy 32:16 , would not pollute his text with the unhallowed name of idols. 2 Chronicles 14:8 . Out of Ben...
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. Asa faithful to his God We have watched the steady fall of the kingdom of Israel Judah also began in shame and ended i...
EXPOSITION This chapter commences Asa's long reign of forty-one years. Asa was son of Abijah and grandson of Maachah ( 2 Chronicles 15:16 ; 1 Kings 15:13 ). The reign was remarkable for the dev...
Asa's Piety and Military Prowess
1 Kings 15:11 ; 1 Kings 15:14 ; 2 Chronicles 31:20 ; Luke 1:75