And commanded Judah to seek. — ‘amar with infinitive. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 21:17.) The chronicler’s own style is visible in this verse.
To seek the Lord God of their fathers. — The same phrase recurs in 2 Chronicles 15:12.
The law and the commandment. — Exodus 24:12, “That I may give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment that I have written” (Deuteronomy 6:25).
And the images. — Hammanîm. (Comp. the word hammah, “sun.”) Pillars or statues to the sun-god, standing before or upon the altars of Baal, are intended (see Leviticus 26:30; Isaiah 17:8; 2 Chronicles 34:4.) Comp. the Phenician deity Baal-hamman.
The kingdom was quiet before him. — Enjoyed peace under his oversight. Compare the use of the word “before,” in Numbers 8:22; Psalms 72:5 (“before the moon”).