2 Chronicles 14:1-15
REIGN OF ASA This chapter adds to what is related of Asa in 1 Kings 15:9 an account of the invasion of the Ethiopian Zerah.... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGN OF ASA This chapter adds to what is related of Asa in 1 Kings 15:9 an account of the invasion of the Ethiopian Zerah.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK AWAY.. THE HIGH PLACES] In 2 Chronicles 15:17 (= 1 Kings 15:14) the opposite of this is stated; if the two passages are to be reconciled, it must be supposed that Asa sought to effect a reform which was only imperfectly executed: cp. also 2 Chronicles 17:6 with 2 Chronicles 20:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND IS YET BEFORE US] i.e. free from the presence of an enemy.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZERAH] Zerah, if an Ethiopian (Heb. _Cushite_) or Egyptian, is probably to be identified with Osorkon II, an Egyptian king of the 22nd dynasty, who, on a monument recently found, declares that 'the upper and lower Rutennu' (i.e. the peoples of Palestine) had been thrown under his feet. But in 2 Chro... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAR OF THE LORD, etc.] They were so panic-stricken that they could offer no resistance: cp. 2 Chronicles 17:10; 2 Chronicles 20:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TENTS OF CATTLE] i.e. the tents of nomadic tribes with large possessions of flocks and cattle.... [ Continue Reading ]