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2 Chronicles 14:7 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
2 Chronicles 14:7
Verse in Context
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Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
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.
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.
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.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
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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 14:6
"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."
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