2 Chronicles 14:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images:b and the kingdom was quiet before him. ”

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Leviticus 26:30 note.
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was (b) quiet before him. (b) He shows that the rest and quietness of kingdoms stands in abolishing i...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. He took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the imag...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images ,.... Perhaps the high places in 2 Chronicles 14:3 design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it;...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. Ver. 5. And the images. ] Heb., The sun images: Hammonim, the images of Jup...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He commanded Judah to seek the Lord By his royal edicts he commanded them to worship God, and him only. And to do the law, and the commandment To observe all divine institutions, which many had n...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Asa King of Judah. B. C. 955. 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 14:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
2 Chronicles 14:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Asa's Piety and Military Prowess
2 Chronicles 14:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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2 Chronicles 14:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 14:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 14:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 14:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 14:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge