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2 Chronicles 14 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Alexander MacLaren 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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