2 Chronicles 14:11

_AND ASA CRIED UNTO THE LORD HIS GOD, AND SAID, LORD, IT IS NOTHING WITH THEE TO HELP, WHETHER WITH MANY, OR WITH THEM THAT HAVE NO POWER: HELP US, O LORD OUR GOD; FOR WE REST ON THEE, AND IN THY NAME WE GO AGAINST THIS MULTITUDE. O LORD, THOU ART OUR GOD; LET NOT MAN PREVAIL AGAINST THEE._ Asa cried unto the Lord his God. Strong in the confidence that the power of God was able to give the victory equally with few as with many, the pious king marched with a comparatively small force to encounter the formidable host of marauders at his southern frontier. х_ 'AL_ (H408) _ YA`ªTSOR_ (H6113) _ `IMªKAA_ (H5973) _ 'ªNOWSH_ (H582), let not mortal man prevail against thee.] Committing his cause to God, he engaged in the conflict, completely routed the enemy, and succeeded in

Verse 2 Chronicles 14:11. _WHETHER WITH MANY_] The same sentiment as that uttered by Jonathan, 1 Samuel 14:6, when he attacked the garrison of the Philistines. _O LORD OUR GOD - WE REST ON THEE_] "Help us, O Lord our God; because we depend on thy WORD, and in the name of thy WORD we come against this great host." - _Targum_....

IT IS NOTHING ... - i. e., “Thou canst as easily help the weak as the strong.”...

EXPOSITION This chapter commences Asa's long reign of forty-one years. Asa was son of Abijah and grandson of Maachah (2 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Kings 15:13). The reign was remarkable for the devotion of Asa to the true God, and for the signal successes given to him in consequence, but it did not reach its end without a mournful defection on Asa's part from trust in God (2 Chronicles 16:2, 2 Chronicles 16:12), which entailed its reward (2 Chronicles 16:9), and which has left tarnished for all ages

AND ASA CRIED UNTO THE LORD HIS GOD,.... Or prayed, as the Targum, with vehemence, being in distress; this he did before the battle began, at the head of his army, and for the encouragement of it: AND SAID, LORD, [IT IS] NOTHING WITH THEE TO HELP; nothing can hinder from helping, his power being superior to all others, and even infinite, and none besides him could: WHETHER WITH MANY, OR WITH THEM THAT HAVE NO POWER; numbers make no difference with him, nor the condition they are in; whether numerous and mighty, or few and feeble; he can as easily help the one as the other, see 1 Samuel 14:6, HELP US, O LORD OUR GOD; who are few and weak in comparison of the enemy: FOR WE REST ON THEE; trust in thee, and rely upon thee for help; the Targum is, "on thy Word we lean:'' and in thy name we

CHAPTER 14 THE REIGN OF ASA _ 1. The death of Abijah and Asa becomes king (2 Chronicles 14:1)_ 2. The good beginning (2 Chronicles 14:2) 3. His victory over Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:9) Asa, (which means “healing” or “who will heal?”), the son of Abijah, began his reign well. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord. The strange altars, the high places and the images were taken away and the groves cut down. He was not satisfied with this work, but he also commanded Judah to seek the Lord. The land was quiet. The Lord blessed him and the land for the faithful work which had been done. “The land had rest, and he had no war in those years, because the LORD had

2 Chronicles 14:1 to 2 Chronicles 16:14. THE REIGN OF ASA (see notes on 1 Kings 15:8; 1 Kings 15:11). Most of this section has no parallel in 1 K. 2 CHRONICLES 14:1 describes Asa's loyalty to Yahweh, his defences, and his army. For the sun-images in 2 Chronicles 14:5 _cf._ Leviticus 26:30;...

MAN. mortal man. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14....

it is _nothing with thee to help_, whether _with many_, or _with_them that have _no power_ R.V. THERE IS MORE BESIDE THEE TO HELP, BETWEEN THE MIGHTY AND HIM THAT HATH NO STRENGTH. _we rest on thee, and in thy name we go_ R.V. WE RELY ON THEE, AND IN THY NAME ARE WE COME....

4. THE REIGN OF ASA (14-16) TEXT 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. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God: 3. for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, 4. and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the 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 sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6. And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest. 7, For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the