2 Chronicles 14:5

2 Chronicles 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
• New International Version (NIV)He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

Context of 2 Chronicles 14:5

3and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs; 4and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment. And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest. 7And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 14:5 word by word

וַיָּ֙סַר֙ מִכָּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֶת־הַבָּמ֖וֹת וְאֶת־הַֽחַמָּנִ֑ים וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · excitementH5892
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 14:5

• 2 Chronicles 34:4And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust [of them] and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them;

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Leviticus 26:30 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5At the start of his reign, Asa removed the foreign altars in Judah (2 Chronicles 14:5). However, he did not remove the pagan shrines from Israel (2 Chronicles 15:17). These shrines were likely in the northern kingdom cities that Asa inherited from Abijah. Idolatry by other groups in the land troubled Judah throughout its history. This pagan activity might have increased again toward the end of Asa’s reign, over thirty years later.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. he took away ... the high places--that is, those devoted to idolatrous rites. took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images--All public objects and relics of idolatry in Jerusalem and other cities through his kingdom were destroyed; but those high places where God was worshipped under the figure of an ox, as at Beth-el, were allowed to remain (1Ki 15:14); so far the reformation was incomplete. 2Ch 14:6-8. Having Peace, He…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 14:5

• Iconoclasm
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In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Idol
• Quiet
• Chronicles, Books of
• Criticism
• High Place
• Images
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Sun-Worship

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings