Verse 1

slept, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.

quiet ten years. There was only border fighting (1 Kings 15:19, 1 Kings 15:32), but no actual campaign. See note on 2 Chronicles 15:19.

Verse 3

took away . . . the high places. No "discrepancy" between this and 2 Chronicles 15:17; for the high places referred to there belonged to "Israel", not Judah. Asa could do nothing in Israel.

images = sun images.

groves. Hebrew. "Asherim. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42. See note on Isaiah 17:8.

Verse 7

gates = double doors.

Verse 8

an army = a force.

three hundred . . . two hundred (580,000). An increase of 180,000 on his father"s. See note on 2 Chronicles 13:3.

mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14. belonging to Judah (2 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:37. Joshua 15:44). Micah 1:15.

Verse 10

Zephathah at. Septuagint reads "Zaphonah, northward to".

Verse 11

man = mortal man. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14.

Verse 13

destroyed = broken.

His host = His People"s battles are His own (1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 25:28).

Verse 14

the fear of the LORD came. Compare 2 Chronicles 17:10; 2 Chronicles 20:29.