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Friday, August 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 14:5

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Iconoclasm;   Revivals;   Rulers;   Zeal, Religious;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Places;   Kings;   Sun, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   High Place;   Images;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Sun-Worship;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asa;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pillar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He also removed the high places and the shrines from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.
Hebrew Names Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Yehudah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
King James Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
English Standard Version
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 Century Version
He also removed the places where gods were worshiped and the incense altars from every town in Judah. So the kingdom had peace while Asa was king.
New English Translation
He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.
Amplified Bible
Asa also removed the [idolatrous] high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom was at rest and undisturbed under his reign.
New American Standard Bible
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.
World English Bible
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah the hie places, and the images: therefore the kingdome was quiet before him.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.
Berean Standard Bible
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
Contemporary English Version
He destroyed every local shrine and incense altar in Judah.
Darby Translation
And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Easy-to-Read Version
He also removed all the high places and incense altars from all the towns in Judah. So the kingdom had peace when Asa was king.
George Lamsa Translation
Also he uprooted out of all the cities of Judah the shrines on the high places and the idols; and his kingdom was quiet in his days, and he had no enemies on all his borders.
Good News Translation
Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.
Lexham English Bible
And he removed the high places and the incense stands from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom had rest under him.
Literal Translation
And he removed the high places and the images out of all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the hye places and ymages put he awaye out of all the cities of Iuda: and the kyngdome had rest before him.
American Standard Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Bible in Basic English
And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he put away out of all the cities of Iuda the high places & the images: & the kingdome was quiet before him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
King James Version (1611)
Also he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah, the high places and the images: and the kingdome was quiet before him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he removed from all the cities of Juda the altars and the idols, and established in quietness
English Revised Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun–images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he took awei fro alle the citees of Juda auteris and templis of idols, and he regnede in pees.
Update Bible Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 King James Version
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.
New Living Translation
Asa also removed the pagan shrines, as well as the incense altars from every one of Judah's towns. So Asa's kingdom enjoyed a period of peace.
New Life Bible
He put the high places and the altars of special perfume away from all the cities of Judah. And the nation had rest under his rule.
New Revised Standard
He also removed from all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and removed from all the cities of Judah, the high places, and the sun-images, - and the kingdom became quiet before him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace.
Revised Standard Version
He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
Young's Literal Translation
and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.

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

images: Heb. sun-images, 2 Chronicles 34:4, *marg.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 15:14 - the high places 2 Kings 23:11 - the sun 2 Chronicles 32:5 - he strengthened Isaiah 17:8 - images Isaiah 27:9 - images Ezekiel 6:4 - images

Cross-References

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 14:11
The victors took all the possessions of S'dom and ‘Amora and all their food supply; then they left.
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be El ‘Elyon, who handed your enemies over to you." Avram gave him a tenth of everything.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take so much as a thread or a sandal thong of anything that is yours; so that you won't be able to say, ‘I made Avram rich.'
Genesis 15:20
the Hitti, the P'rizi, the Refa'im,
Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after he had defeated Sichon, king of the Emori, who lived in Heshbon, and ‘Og, king of Bashan, who lived in ‘Ashtarot, at Edre‘i.
Deuteronomy 3:11
‘Og king of Bashan was the last survivor of the Refa'im. His bed was made of iron; it is still in Rabbah with the people of ‘Amon. It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, using the normal cubit [thirteen-and-a-half by six feet].
Deuteronomy 3:20
(Maftir) until Adonai allows your brothers to rest, as he has allowed you; and they too take possession of the land Adonai your God is giving them on the west side of the Yarden. At that point you will return, each man to his own possession which I have given you.'
Deuteronomy 3:22
Don't be afraid of them, because Adonai your God will fight on your behalf.' Haftarah D'varim: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 1:1–27 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah D'varim: Yochanan (John) 15:1–11; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 3:7–4:11 "Then I pleaded with Adonai , ‘Adonai Elohim , you have begun to reveal your greatness to your servant, and your strong hand — for what other god is there in heaven or on earth that can do the works and mighty deeds that you do? Please! Let me go across and see the good land on the other side of the Yarden, that wonderful hill-country and the L'vanon!' But Adonai was angry with me on account of you, and he didn't listen to me. Adonai said to me, ‘Enough from you! Don't say another word to me about this matter! Climb up to the top of Pisgah and look out to the west, north, south and east. Look with your eyes — but you will not go across this Yarden. However, commission Y'hoshua, encourage him and strengthen him; for he will lead this people across and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.' So we stayed in the valley across from Beit-P‘or.
Joshua 12:4
There was also the territory of ‘Og king of Bashan, who belonged to the remnant of the Refa'im. He lived at ‘Ashtarot and at Edre‘i;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images,.... Perhaps the high places in 2 Chronicles 14:3 design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it; these in all the rest of the cities of the land; the "images were", as the word signifies, "sun images", either made in the form of the sun, or dedicated to it, or temples for it; 2 Chronicles 14:3- :,

and the kingdom was quiet before him; he had no foreign enemy to molest him, and so took that opportunity to reform divine worship, and in that he met with no opposition from his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Leviticus 26:30 note.


 
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