2Ch 14:1 | Clarke | STEP | Asa succeeds his father Abijah, reigns piously, and has peace for ten years, . He makes a great reformation in Judah, and builds cities of defense, . His military strength, . 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, . He takes several of their cities, their cattle, etc., and returns to Jerusalem, laden with spoils, . 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

Introduction

Asa succeeds his father Abijah, reigns piously, and has peace for ten years, 2Chr 14:1. He makes a great reformation in Judah, and builds cities of defense, 2Chr 14:2-7. His military strength, 2Chr 14:8. 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, 2Chr 14:9-12. He takes several of their cities, their cattle, etc., and returns to Jerusalem, laden with spoils, 2Chr 14:13-15.

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.