2 Chronicles 14:3

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

2 Chronicles 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:3

For he took away the altars of the strange gods
Or of a strange people, of the Zidonians, Ammonites, and Moabites, which had remained from the times of Solomon, and which he built for his wives, ( 1 Kings 11:7 1 Kings 11:8 )

and the high places;
built for idols; for as for those on which the true God was worshipped, they were not removed in his days, ( 1 Kings 15:14 )

and brake down the images:
or statues, or pillars, erected to the honour of idols, and on which the images of them were placed:

and cut down the groves;
in the midst of which they stood.

2 Chronicles 14:3 In-Context

1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land had rest ten years.

2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God,

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.