{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/ch2014.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/ch2014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/ch2014.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \n2 Chronicles 14:1\n \nch2 14:1\nQuiet - There was no open war, but there were private hostilities between his and Baasha's subjects. \n2 Chronicles 14:6\n \nch2 14:6\nThe land had rest - Those have rest indeed, to whom God gives rest; peace indeed, to whom Christ gives peace. We find by experience, it is good to seek the Lord. While we pursue the world, we meet with nothing but vexation. \n2 Chronicles 14:7\n \nch2 14:7\nBefore us - In our power. \n2 Chronicles 14:9\n \nch2 14:9\nEthiopian - Or, the Arabian, as the Hebrew word Cush is commonly used: these being much nearer to Asa than the Ethiopians. \n2 Chronicles 14:11\n \nch2 14:11\nLet not man prevail - If he prevails against us, he prevails, as it were, against thee; because thou art our God. And we rest on thee, and go forth in thy name, which thou hast encouraged us to do. \n2 Chronicles 14:12\n \nch2 14:12\nSmote - With terror, and an unaccountable consternation. \n2 Chronicles 14:14\n \nch2 14:14\nSmote the cities - because they had joined, with Zerah in this war.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: 2 Chronicles: 2 Chronicles Chapter 14","type":"page"}