Passage Research
2 Chronicles 14 — Sermon Preparation
Asa removes foreign altars and idols and builds up Judah's defenses; God grants him victory over a massive Ethiopian army at Mareshah. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 217 / 111
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָסָא | ʼÂçâʼ | H609 | 6 | Asa |
| כּוּשִׁי | Kûwshîy | H3569 | 4 | Cushite |
| יְהוּדָה | Yᵉhûwdâh | H3063 | 6 | Jehudah |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 5 | city, waking |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 4 | thousand |
| דָּרַשׁ | dârash | H1875 | 3 | tread, frequent |
| חַיִל | chayil | H2428 | 3 | force, army |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this and the two following chapters we have the history of the reign of Asa, a good reign and a long one. In this chapter we have, I. His piety, ver. 1-5. II. His policy, ver. 6-8. III. His prosperity, and particularly a glorious victory he obtained over a great army of Ethiopians that came out against him, ver. 9-15. Asa King of Judah. (b. c. 955.) 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. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 14:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- City of David— 2 Chr 14:1
- Mareshah— 2 Chr 14:10
- Valley of Zephathah— 2 Chr 14:10
- Gerar— 2 Chr 14:13
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 14:15
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