2 Chronicles 14:1

So Abijah slept with his fathers, Kg1 15:8.

and Asa his son reigned in his stead; in his days the land was quiet ten years; the Targum is, the land of Israel; but much better the Septuagint, the…

Asa his son reigned - If Rehoboam was (1Ki 12:8 note) not more than 21 years old at his accession, Asa, when he mounted the throne, must have been a mere boy, not more than 10 or 11 years of age. The…

The land was quiet ten years - Calmet thinks these years should be counted from the fifth to the fifteenth of Asa's reign.

Here is, I. Asa's general character (Ch2 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…

2Ch 14:1-5 (cp. 1Ki 15:8-12). The Religious Policy of Asa

1. ten years These tenyears of rest are naturally to be assigned to the beginning of Asa's reign; later on there was a rest of twentyyears…