3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
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But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. …
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. Asa’s general character (2 Chron. 14:2): He did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God . 1. He aimed at pleasing God, studied to approve himself to him. Happy are those that walk by this rule, to do that which is right, not in their own eyes, or in the eye of the world, but in the eyes of God. 2. He saw God’s eye always upon him, and that helped much to keep him…
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