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2 Chronicles 14:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. "
2 Chronicles 14:6
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4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
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2 Chronicles 14:1
"So Abijah 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 was quiet ten years."
2 Chronicles 14:2
"And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:"
2 Chronicles 14:3
"For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:"
2 Chronicles 14:4
"And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment."
2 Chronicles 14:5
"Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him."
2 Chronicles 14:7
"Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered."
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