2 Chronicles 14:4

4 He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands.

2 Chronicles 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:4

And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers
To pray to him, and him only, and attend his worship and service; this he did by a public edict:

and to do the law and the commandment:
to observe all the laws of God, moral, ceremonial, and civil.

2 Chronicles 14:4 In-Context

2 Asa pleased the Lord, his God, by doing what was right and good.

3 He removed the foreign altars and the pagan places of worship, broke down the sacred stone columns, and cut down the symbols of the goddess Asherah.

4 He commanded the people of Judah to do the will of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his teachings and commands.

5 Because he abolished the pagan places of worship and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, the kingdom was at peace under his rule.

6 He built fortifications for the cities of Judah during this time, and for several years there was no war, because the Lord gave him peace.