Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Chronicles 14
slept, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
quiet ten years. There was only border fighting (1 Kings 15:19, 1 Kings 15:32), but no actual campaign. See note on 2 Chronicles 15:19.
took away . . . the high places. No "discrepancy" between this and 2 Chronicles 15:17; for the high places referred to there belonged to "Israel", not Judah. Asa could do nothing in Israel.
images = sun images.
groves. Hebrew. "Asherim. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42. See note on Isaiah 17:8.
an army = a force.
three hundred . . . two hundred (580,000). An increase of 180,000 on his father"s. See note on 2 Chronicles 13:3.
mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. belonging to Judah (2 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:37. Joshua 15:44). Micah 1:15.
destroyed = broken.
His host = His People's battles are His own (1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28).
the fear of the LORD came. Compare 2 Chronicles 17:10; 2 Chronicles 20:29.
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