2 Chronicles 14:3

For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

Ver. 3. And the high places.] Erected to idols; not the other. 1Ki 15:14

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the (a) groves: (a) Which were plant...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

took away... the high places. No "discrepancy" between this and 2 Chronicles 15:17 . for the high places referred to there belonged to "Israel", n...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he took away the altars of the strange gods , and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Altars of the strange gods— Altars of the strangers; i.e. which the strangers had erected to their several gods. Houbigant.
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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Took away.. the high places ] In 2 Chronicles 15:17 (= 1 Kings 15:14 ) the opposite of this is stated; if the two passages are to be reconciled,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

places ( See Scofield) - ( 1 Kings 3:2 ). ( See Scofield) - ( 1 Kings 15:14 ). groves ( See Scofield) - ( Deuteronomy 16:21 )....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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 kingd...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Asa's Piety and Military Prowess
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

for he took away the altars of the strange gods, those which had been introduced from foreign, heathen nations, and the high places, for it was on...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:7 ; 1 Kings 11:8 ; 1 Kings 14:22-24 ; 1 Kings 15:12-14 ; 2 Chronicles 15:17 ; 2 Chronicles 34:4 ; 2 Kings 18:4 ; 2 Kings 23:14 ;...

³ For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images,a and cut down the groves:

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 14:3

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 14:3