2Ch 14:2-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Chr 14:2-5: 14:2-5 At the beginning of his reign, Asa . . . removed the foreign altars in Judah (14:5 ). However, he did not remove the pagan shrines from Israel (15:17 ). These were probably in the cities of the northern kingdom that Asa had inherited from Abijah. Idolatry practiced by other peoples occupying the land plagued Judah throughout its history; this pagan activity might have revived toward the end of Asa’s reign more than thirty years later.

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‏ 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

Summary for 2Chr 14:2-5: 14:2-5 ^a At the beginning of his reign, Asa . . . removed the foreign altars in Judah (14:5 ^b). However, he did not remove the pagan shrines from Israel (15:17 ^c). These were probably in the cities of the northern kingdom that Asa had inherited from Abijah. Idolatry practiced by other peoples occupying the land plagued Judah throughout its history; this pagan activity might have revived toward the end of Asa’s reign more than thirty years later.
14:4 ^d The phrase seek the Lord is the Chronicler’s formula for restoration; it both highlights and critiques Asa’s reign (see 15:2 ^e, 12-13 ^f; 16:12 ^g).