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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 14:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 14:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore he said [0559] unto Judah [03063], Let us build [01129] these cities [05892], and make about [05437] them walls [02346], and towers [04026], gates [01817], and bars [01280], while the land [0776] is yet before [06440] us; because we have sought [01875] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], we have sought [01875] him, and he hath given us rest [05117] on every side [05439]. So they built [01129] and prospered [06743]. |
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King James |
Therefore 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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| while the land is yet before us--that is, while we have free and undisputed progress everywhere; no foe is near; but, as this happy time of peace may not last always and the kingdom is but small and weak, let us prepare suitable defenses in case of need. He had also an army of five hundred eighty thousand men. Judah furnished the heavily armed soldiers, and Benjamin the archers. This large number does not mean a body of professional soldiers, but all capable of bearing arms and liable to be called into service. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The land is yet before us - i. e., "unoccupied by an enemy" - "the land is open to us to go where we please." Compare Gen 13:9. The fortification of the strongholds would be an act of rebellion against Egypt, and it might be expected that the Egyptians would endeavor to put a stop to it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Before us - In our power. |
9 Is not the whole land [0776] before thee [06440]? separate thyself [06504], I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand [08040], then I will go to the right [03231]; or if thou depart to the right hand [03225], then I will go to the left [08041].