2 Chronicles 14:5

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom had rest before him.

2 Chronicles 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:5

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high
places and the images
Perhaps the high places in ( 2 Chronicles 14:3 ) design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it; these in all the rest of the cities of the land; the "images were", as the word signifies, "sun images", either made in the form of the sun, or dedicated to it, or temples for it; (See Gill on Leviticus 26:30),

and the kingdom was quiet before him;
he had no foreign enemy to molest him, and so took that opportunity to reform divine worship, and in that he met with no opposition from his people.

2 Chronicles 14:5 In-Context

3 for he took away the altars of the strange gods and the high places and broke down the images and cut down the groves

4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and they fulfilled the law and the commandments.

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom had rest before him.

6 And he built fenced cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest.

7 Therefore, he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers, gates, and bars, now that the land is ours; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and were prospered.