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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Revised Standard Version

2 Chronicles 14:2

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes 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 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.
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 So Abi'jah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land had rest for ten years. 2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Ashe'rim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment. 5 He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him. 6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the LORD gave him peace. 7 And he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars; the land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side." So they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah, armed with bucklers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand men from Benjamin, that carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.

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 the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomor'rah, Admah, and Zeboi'im, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zo'ar; this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomor'rah.
Genesis 14:9
with Ched-or-lao'mer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goi'im, Am'raphel king of Shinar, and Ar'ioch king of Ella'sar, four kings against five.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomor'rah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain.
Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Deuteronomy 29:23
the whole land brimstone and salt, and a burnt-out waste, unsown, and growing nothing, where no grass can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomor'rah, Admah and Zeboi'im, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath--
Deuteronomy 34:3
the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zo'ar.
1 Samuel 13:18
another company turned toward Beth-hor'on, and another company turned toward the border that looks down upon the valley of Zebo'im toward the wilderness.
Nehemiah 11:34
Hadid, Zebo'im, Nebal'lat,
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out for Moab; his fugitives flee to Zo'ar, to Eg'lath-shelish'iyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horona'im they raise a cry of destruction;

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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