2 Chronicles 14 - Introduction
_A.M. 3053. B.C. 951._ The piety of Asa, 2 Chronicles 14:1. His policy, 2 Chronicles 14:6. His victory over the Ethiopians, 2 Chronicles 14:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 3053. B.C. 951._ The piety of Asa, 2 Chronicles 14:1. His policy, 2 Chronicles 14:6. His victory over the Ethiopians, 2 Chronicles 14:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_In his days the land was quiet ten years_ There was no war with the kingdom of Israel, which did not recover the blow given in the last reign for a great while. Abijah's victory, which was owing, under God, to his courage and bravery, laid a foundation for Asa's peace, which was the reward of his p... [ Continue Reading ]
_Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord_ Happy they that walk by this rule; that do not only that which is right in _their own_ eyes, or in the eyes of the _world_, but which is so in _God's eyes._ Asa saw that God's eye was always upon him, and therefore he kept his eye alway... [ Continue Reading ]
_He took away the altars of the strange gods_ Since the time when Solomon admitted idolatry, in the latter end of his reign, it appears, nothing had been done till now to suppress it; so that it may be presumed it had gained ground. Strange gods were worshipped, and had their altars, images, and gro... [ Continue Reading ]
_He commanded Judah to seek the Lord_ By his royal edicts he commanded them to worship God, and him only. _And to do the law, and the commandment_ To observe all divine institutions, which many had neglected, and to practise all that the law of Moses required of them. _And the kingdom was quiet befo... [ Continue Reading ]
_He built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest_ He wisely provided for war in the time of peace. _The Lord had given him rest_ Those have rest indeed to whom God gives rest; peace indeed to whom Christ gives peace. Asa takes notice of the rest they had as the gift of God, and the happy cons... [ Continue Reading ]
_There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian_ Or, the _Arabian_, as the Hebrew word _Cush_ is frequently used, and must necessarily be understood, 2 Chronicles 21:16, and 2 Kings 19:9. The Arabians were much nearer to Asa than the Ethiopians, who could not have come to attack him but through Egy... [ Continue Reading ]
_Asa cried unto the Lord his God_ He that sought God in the time of his peace and prosperity, could, with holy boldness, cry to God in the day of his trouble, and call him his God. _Lord, it is nothing with thee to help_, &c. There is no difference or difficulty with thee, to help or save by many or... [ Continue Reading ]
_So the Lord smote the Ethiopians_ Smote them with terror, and an unaccountable consternation, so that they fled, and knew not why or whither. _Asa and the people pursued them unto Gerar_ A city of the Philistines, who probably were confederate with them in this design. _They were destroyed before t... [ Continue Reading ]
_They smote all the cities round about Gerar_ Partly because they had joined with Zerah in this war, and partly because the Ethiopians had sheltered a great part of the remains of their army in them. _For the fear of the Lord came upon them_ That is, God struck them with such a fear, that they had n... [ Continue Reading ]