2 Chronicles 14:2
in 2 Chronicles 14And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
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And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
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And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSince Solomon admitted idolatry, in the latter end of his reign, nothing had been done to suppress it, and so, we presume, it had got ground. Strange gods were worshipped and had their altars, images, and groves; and the temple service, though kept up by the priests ( ch. xiii. 10 ), was neglected by many of the people.
This site's exposition
did that which was good and right
on 2 Chronicles 14:2-5
Asa's reform runs point by point: the altars of strange gods, the high places, the images and the groves come down, and he commands Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and do the law and the commandment, the seeking refrain the Chronicler tracks through every reign that follows. Kings and Chronicles do not agree on the detail: 1 Kings 15:14 says the high places were not removed under Asa, while this chapter says they were, the same tension the record states again of Jehoshaphat at 2 Chronicles 17:6 against 20:33. Henry reads the reform as ground recovered since Solomon's old age, when idolatry first got a foothold and went unchecked.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Asa did that which was good and right,.... See 1Ki 15:11.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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, 1Ki 15:14. He suppressed idolatry universally, and encouraged the people to worship the true God: see 2Ch 14:3-5.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he commanded Judah to seek unlike the Ten Tribes, who sought other, new Gods, which came up of late, and did not seek the God of their fathers.
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אָסָא֙ | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| הַטּ֣וֹב | hatov | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וְהַיָּשָׁ֔ר | vehaiyashar | and the right | H3477 → | 119 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֖י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אָסָא֙Asa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
הַטּ֣וֹבthe good
hatovH2896 →538 times
וְהַיָּשָׁ֔רand the right
vehaiyasharH3477 →119 times
בְּעֵינֵ֖יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃God his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 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
Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Titus 2:11–14
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Ephesians 4:24
Through
1 Kings 15:14The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:3
And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 22:43
And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were…
- 1 Kings 8:61
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- 1 Kings 15:3
Through
2 Chronicles 31:20So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 20:3
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 2 Kings 22:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- 2 Kings 20:3
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.