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New Living Translation

2 Chronicles 14:5

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.

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
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 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 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

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
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 14:11
The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
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.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'
Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Deuteronomy 1:4
This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
Deuteronomy 3:20
When the Lord has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the Lord your God will fight for you.'
Joshua 12:4
King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.

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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