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2 Chronicles 14:1 open_in_new
Quiet — There was no open war, but there were private hostilities between his and Baasha's subjects.
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2 Chronicles 14:6 open_in_new
The land had rest — Those have rest indeed, to whom God gives rest; peace indeed, to whom Christ gives peace. We find by experience, it is good to seek the Lord. While we pursue the world, we meet with nothing but vexation.
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2 Chronicles 14:7 open_in_new
Before us — In our power.
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2 Chronicles 14:9 open_in_new
Ethiopian — Or, the Arabian, as the Hebrew word Cush is commonly used: these being much nearer to Asa than the Ethiopians.
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2 Chronicles 14:11 open_in_new
Let not man prevail — If he prevails against us, he prevails, as it were, against thee; because thou art our God. And we rest on thee, and go forth in thy name, which thou hast encouraged us to do.
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2 Chronicles 14:12 open_in_new
Smote — With terror, and an unaccountable consternation.
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2 Chronicles 14:14 open_in_new
Smote the cities — because they had joined, with Zerah in this war.