7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, 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 hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
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Matthew Henry
(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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