2 Chronicles 14:5

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3 for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and ^athe high places, and ^bbroke down the sacred pillars ^cand cut down the wooden images.

4 He commanded Judah to ^aseek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.

5 He also removed the¹ high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him ^arest.

7 Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried¹ shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew ^abows; all these were mighty men of ^bvalor.

9 ^aThen Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to ^bMareshah.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 14:5

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Also Asa took out of all the cities of Judah the idolatrous high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under his reign.

Contemporary English Version
He destroyed every local shrine and incense altar in Judah.

Darby English Version
And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

Good News Bible
Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.

King James Version
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

New American Standard Bible
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.

New International Version
He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.

New King James Version
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom continued undisturbed under him.

Revised Standard Version
He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.

Young's Literal Translation
and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

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