2Ch 14:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XIV Asa succeeds his father Abijah, reigns piously, and has peace for ten years , 1. He makes a great reformation in Judah, and builds cities of defense , 2-7. His military strength , 8. He is attacked by Zerah the Ethiopian, with an immense army; Asa cries to the Lord, attacks the Ethiopians, and gives them a total overthrow , 9-12. He takes several of their cities, their cattle, &c., and returns to Jerusalem, laden with spoils , 13-15. NOTES ON CHAP. XIV Verse 1. The land was quiet ten years. ] Calmet thinks these years should be counted from the fifth to the fifteenth of Asa's reign.

‏ 2 Chronicles 14:1

CHAPTER XIV

Asa succeeds his father Abijah, reigns piously, and has peace for ten years, 1.

He makes a great reformation in Judah, and builds cities of defense, 2-7.

His military strength, 8.

He is attacked by Zerah the Ethiopian, with an immense army; Asa cries to the Lord, attacks the Ethiopians, and gives them a total overthrow, 9-12.

He takes several of their cities, their cattle, &c., and returns to Jerusalem, laden with spoils, 13-15.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse 1. The land was quiet ten years.] Calmet thinks these years should be counted from the fifth to the fifteenth of Asa's reign.