2 Chronicles 14

Christ will make his enemies his footstool (Psalm 110:1). He can destroy them with ease (2 Chronicles 14:11): it is nothing for you, Lord, to help. He can do it with weak means, without means.

1. If God brings his people out of bondage, then let none despond in trouble; say not, I shall sink under this burden; as David, I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul. God can make this text good, personally and nationally, to bring his people out of the house of bondage: w…

And what did his army consist of, but few, and those fearful — those that took water with their hands (which as Josephus says, is a natural sign of fear) did God choose out to overthrow the Midianites, who had overspread the land as grasshoppers (Judges 7:6-7), to show that he c…

And I will give you one Scripture that shows how far a gracious heart is from making flesh his arm, Cursed is that man (you know the Scripture) that makes flesh his arm. But an example of a godly man to show how far he was from trusting in an army of mighty men, in (2 Chronicles…

The only difference is, that on the former occasion Christ satisfied five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, while, on the present occasion, four thousand men are fed with seven loaves and a few small fishes; and that twelve baskets were then filled with fragments, wh…

Then God wrought deliverance to Judah, out of regard to the covenant of grace established with David, as is evident by verses 4 and 5; and the victory they obtained was because the Lord was on their side, as you may see, verse 12. So it was again in Asa's time, when Zerah the Et…

3. We must be quiet as the land is quiet from war. It was the observable felicity of Asa's reign, that in his days the land was quiet (2 Chronicles 14:1, 5). In the preceding reigns there was no peace to him that went out, or to him that came in, whether outward-bound or homewar…

In your lowest estate he is able to raise you up (Romans 11:23). And they also if they abide not still in unbelief shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again: whatever difficulties oppose themselves against the thing promised, he can remove them, for nothing is…

As de facto 'tis evident in the examples related (besides divers others recorded in Scripture) that good Magistrates did always meddle for God and his truth, against false worship and seducers, so that they did it de jure, and ought to do so is as clear from the approbations, sp…

There is a Covenant made to keep all the Testimonies and Statutes of God, and the people are made to stand to it. From (2 Kings 23:8, 9) compared with (2 Chronicles 14:3, 5), (2 Chronicles 15:17), (2 Chronicles 33:17), it is evident there were in Judah two sorts of high places,…

Yes, Manasseh who had been so wicked, presently upon his conversion (2 Chronicles 33:15, 16) rested not in his own repentance that he knew that the Lord was God, but he took away the strange gods, all the altars, and cast them out of the city, and repaired the altar of the Lord,…

Look upon Asa, his infirmities were many, as to imprison the Prophet: to trust to the physician, more than God, and so on. Yet because there was an uprightness of heart, see what testimony the Lord gives of him (2 Chronicles 14:2), the like in Jehoshaphat. So David had many foul…

According to his mighty power, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself (Philippians 3:21; Daniel 4:35). Those which declare all things to be equally easy to him, and nothing difficult; There is nothing too hard for you (Jeremiah 32:17; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 1 Samuel 14:…

When we go to God and express our weakness and his power: 'Lord, we are weak, we are able to do nothing; Lord, you are almighty, you made heaven and earth' — it is a strong argument to prevail with him. So we see Asa prevailed with God, 2 Chronicles 14: 'O Lord,' said he, 'it is…

The places in which it is used are all noted in the margin, that the reader may examine them for his own satisfaction. In the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] occurs but three times: (2 Chronicles 14:15), where it is translated cattle; (Ezra 8…

So while Israel fought against the Philistines, Samuel prayed (1 Samuel 7:9-10): and while Joab fought against Aram, David prayed (Psalm 60:1). The like I might instance in Asa (2 Chronicles 14:11), Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:6), Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:20), and other Saints…