2 Chronicles 14:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

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  • 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 ...
  • 1 Chr 22:9 : 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;
  • 2 Chr 8:2-6 : 2 He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it. 4 And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath; 5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks; 6 And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
  • 2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah. 6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa 7 And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam 8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph 9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah 10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin. 11 And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine. 12 And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
  • Ps 46:9 : 9 He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.
  • Josh 23:1 : 1 Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.
  • Judg 3:30 : 30 So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
  • 1 Kgs 5:4 : 4 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

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  • 7He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

  • 5And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

  • 30So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.

  • 6He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • 4In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

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    12Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

    13He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

  • 7And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3-4
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    3You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.

    4But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

  • 9But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

  • 25For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

  • 1Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

  • 14After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

  • 5Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

  • 10And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

  • 15In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • 44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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    10And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

    11And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

    12And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

  • 18Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

  • 6And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land.

  • 22He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • 11From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

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    24For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

    25So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 18And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
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    5Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

    6And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

  • 4And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

  • 5And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

  • 2He put forces in all the walled towns of Judah, and responsible chiefs in the land of Judah and in the towns of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • 7May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

  • 19And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.

  • 5And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

  • 5In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.

  • 14And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

  • 29And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

  • 1And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.

  • 7All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

  • 44And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

  • 23So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

  • 8And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

  • 2He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • 10But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

  • 5So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

  • 50By the orders of the Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his living-place.