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New Living Translation

2 Chronicles 14:2

Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God.

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
for he removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashing the standing-stones and chopping down the sacred poles.
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 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 When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king. There was peace in the land for ten years. 2 Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord his God. 3 He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. 4 He commanded the people of Judah to seek the Lord , the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands. 5 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. 6 During those peaceful years, he was able to build up the fortified towns throughout Judah. No one tried to make war against him at this time, for the Lord was giving him rest from his enemies. 7 Asa told the people of Judah, "Let us build towns and fortify them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God, and he has given us peace on every side." So they went ahead with these projects and brought them to completion. 8 King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.

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
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:9
They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Genesis 14:10
As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.
Deuteronomy 29:23
They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.'
Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negev; the Jordan Valley with Jericho—the city of palms—as far as Zoar.
1 Samuel 13:18
another went west to Beth-horon, and the third moved toward the border above the valley of Zeboim near the wilderness.
Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Isaiah 15:5
My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

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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