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the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 14:2

for he removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashing the standing-stones and chopping down the sacred poles.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obedience;   Revivals;   Rulers;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Asa;   Jehoshaphat;   Righteousness;   Righteousness-Unrighteousness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asa;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   High Place;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
Hebrew Names Version
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
King James Version
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
English Standard Version
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
New Century Version
Asa did what the Lord his God said was good and right.
New English Translation
Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved.
Amplified Bible
Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the LORD his God.
New American Standard Bible
And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the LORD his God,
World English Bible
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Yahweh his God,
Berean Standard Bible
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Contemporary English Version
Asa obeyed the Lord his God and did right.
Darby Translation
And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;
Easy-to-Read Version
Asa did what the Lord his God said was good and right.
George Lamsa Translation
And Asa did that which was good and right in the presence of the LORD his God;
Good News Translation
Asa pleased the Lord , his God, by doing what was right and good.
Lexham English Bible
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God.
Literal Translation
And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Asa dyd that which was good & right in the sighte of the LORDE his God,
American Standard Version
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
Bible in Basic English
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Asa did that was good & right in the eyes of the Lorde his God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;
King James Version (1611)
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
English Revised Version
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Asa dide that, that was good and plesaunt in the siyt of his God, and he destriede the auteris of straunge worschipyng, and `he destriede hiy places,
Update Bible Version
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
Webster's Bible Translation
And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
New King James Version
1 Kings 15:9-15">[xr] Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God,
New Living Translation
Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.
New Life Bible
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
New Revised Standard
Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Asa did that which was good and that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh his God;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.
Revised Standard Version
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Young's Literal Translation
And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,
THE MESSAGE
Asa was a good king. He did things right in God 's eyes. He cleaned house: got rid of the pagan altars and shrines, smashed the sacred stone pillars, and chopped down the sex-and-religion groves (Asherim). He told Judah to center their lives in God , the God of their fathers, to do what the law said, and to follow the commandments. Because he got rid of all the pagan shrines and altars in the cities of Judah, his kingdom was at peace. Because the land was quiet and there was no war, he was able to build up a good defense system in Judah. God kept the peace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Asa did good and right in the sight of the LORD his God,

Contextual Overview

1 Asa did what was good and right from the perspective of Adonai his God; 2 for he removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashing the standing-stones and chopping down the sacred poles. 3 He ordered Y'hudah to seek Adonai , the God of their ancestors, and to obey the Torah and the mitzvah. 4 He removed the high places and pillars for sun-worship from all the cities of Y'hudah, and under him the kingdom was quiet. 5 Because the land was quiet, and he had no war during those years, since Adonai had given him rest, he built fortified cities in Y'hudah. 6 "Let's build these cities," he said to Y'hudah; "we'll surround them with walls, towers, gates and bars. The land is there for us to use, because we have sought Adonai our God; we have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side." So they built and prospered. 7 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Y'hudah, equipped with shields and spears, and another 280,000 from Binyamin, with shields and bows; all were brave, strong men. 8 Zerach the Ethiopian came out to attack them with an army of one million and three hundred chariots. When he arrived at Mareshah,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3063-3073, bc 941-931

good and right: 2 Chronicles 31:20, 1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 15:14, Luke 1:75

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:7 - flee before 1 Kings 15:12 - all the idols 1 Kings 22:43 - he walked 2 Chronicles 17:3 - his father David 2 Chronicles 20:32 - the way 2 Chronicles 21:12 - in the ways of Asa 2 Chronicles 34:2 - right in the sight

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
The border of the Kena‘ani was from Tzidon, as you go toward G'rar, to ‘Azah; as you go toward S'dom, ‘Amora, Admah and Tzvoyim, to Lesha.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
Genesis 14:9
against K'dorla‘omer king of ‘Elam, Tid‘al king of Goyim, Amrafel king of Admah and Aryokh king of Elasar, four kings against the five.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Siddim Valley was full of clay pits; and when the kings of S'dom and ‘Amora fled, some fell into them; while the rest fled to the hills.
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be El ‘Elyon, who handed your enemies over to you." Avram gave him a tenth of everything.
Deuteronomy 29:23
then all the nations will ask, ‘Why did Adonai do this to this land? What is the meaning of such frenzied, furious anger?'
Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negev, and the ‘Aravah, including the valley where Yericho, the City of Date-Palms, as far away as Tzo‘ar.
1 Samuel 13:18
another group took the road toward Beit-Horon; and another company took the road toward the desert through the territory overlooking Vadi Tzvo‘im.
Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Tzvo‘im, N'valat,
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Mo'av! Its fugitives flee to Tzo‘ar, a calf three years old. They ascend the slope of Luchit, weeping as they go; on their way to Horonayim, they utter heartrending cries.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Asa did that which was good and right,.... See

1 Kings 15:11.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 14:2. Did that which was good — He attended to what the law required relative to the worship of God. He was no idolater, though, morally speaking, he was not exempt from faults, 1 Kings 15:14. He suppressed idolatry universally, and encouraged the people to worship the true God: see 2 Chronicles 14:3-5.


 
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