2 Chronicles 14:5
in 2 Chronicles 14He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
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ASV
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.
KJV
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 14
Commentary
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did what was good and right
on 2 Chronicles 14:2-5
Asa clears away the foreign altars, high places, sacred pillars and Asherah poles. The parallel at 1 Kings 15:14 says the high places were not removed, while verse 5 says he removed them from the cities of Judah. Henry traces the idolatry to Solomon's old age.
This site's exposition
and incense altars
Asa now cleared high places from all the cities of Judah. Barnes reads the word for incense altars as sun images, following the margin, and points to Leviticus 26:30. Henry sets the peace in the kingdom that followed against the constant alarms of war in the two reigns before.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Vice is a sneaking thing, and virtue has reason enough on its side to make all iniquity stop her mouth, Ps. cvii. The tranquillity of his kingdom, after constant alarms of war during the last two reigns: In his days the land was quiet ten years (
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), they being a great provocation to a jealous God and a great temptation to a careless unthinking people. He hoped by destroying the idols to reform the idolaters, which he aimed at, rather than to ruin them. He revived and established the pure worship of God; and, since the priests did their part in attending God's altars, he obliged the people to do theirs (
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Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Lev 26:30 note.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
as long as the land is before us As long as the kingdom is established before us, so that if we need them, they will be a refuge for us.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֙סַר֙ | vaiyasar | and he removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מִכָּל־ | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרֵ֣י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּמ֖וֹת | habamot | the high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽחַמָּנִ֑ים | hachamanim | the incense altars | H2553 → | 8 times |
| וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט | vatishkot | and it was at peace | H8252 → | 41 times |
| הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה | hamamlakhah | the kingdom | H4467 → | 117 times |
| לְפָנָֽיו׃ | lefanav | <to> before him | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וַיָּ֙סַר֙and he removed
vaiyasarH5493 →299 times
מִכָּל־from all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבָּמ֖וֹתthe high places
habamotH1116 →102 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַֽחַמָּנִ֑יםthe incense altars
hachamanimH2553 →8 times
וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טand it was at peace
vatishkotH8252 →41 times
הַמַּמְלָכָ֖הthe kingdom
hamamlakhahH4467 →117 times
לְפָנָֽיו׃<to> before him
lefanavH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the…
it leads to
- Exodus 32:20
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink…
- 2 Kings 23:4–6
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the…
- Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
- 2 Kings 23:11–12
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an…
- Exodus 23:24
You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
- Exodus 32:20
Through
2 Chronicles 34:7He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 31:1
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and…
- Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it…
- 2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
