2 Chronicles 14:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ So he said to the people of Judah, ‘Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars.  The land is still ours because we sought the Lord our God. We sought him and he gave us rest on every side.’ So they built and succeeded.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours, because we sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him [yearning for Him with all our desire] and He has given us rest and peace on every side. So they built and prospered.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Common English Bible

⁷ “Let’s build up these cities,” Asa told Judah. “We’ll surround them with walls, towers, gates, and crossbars while the land is still ours, because we sought the LORD our God and he sought us and surrounded us with rest.” As a result, the people successfully completed their building projects.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then he said to Judah: "Let us build these cities, and strengthen them with walls, and fortify them with towers and gates and bars, while all things are at rest from wars. For we have sought the Lord, the God of our fathers, and he has granted to us peace on every side." And so they built, and there was nothing to impede them from building.

2 Chronicles 14:7 Cross References

1 Kings 15:23

The rest of all the events of Asa’s reign,  along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.  But in his old age he developed a disease in his feet.

1 Chronicles 28:9

‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,  for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.  If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.

2 Chronicles 14:4

He told the people of Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.

2 Chronicles 14:6

Because the land experienced peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah.  No one made war with him in those days because the Lord gave him rest.

2 Chronicles 15:15

All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They had sought him with all sincerity, and he was found by them.  So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 17:13

and carried out great works in the towns of Judah. He had fighting men, valiant warriors, in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 17:17

from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

2 Chronicles 20:30

Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 25:5

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral families,  according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those twenty years old or more  for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be three hundred thousand fit young men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

2 Chronicles 26:13

Under their authority was an army of 307,500 equipped for combat, a powerful force to help the king against the enemy.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall  and heightening the towers and the other outside wall.  He repaired the supporting terraces  of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 8:5

He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon   #– #fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars   #– #

John 9:4

We   must do the works   of him who sent me   while it is day.   Night is coming when no one can work.

Acts 9:31

So the church  throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Joshua 23:1

A long time after the Lord had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them,  Joshua was old, advanced in age.

1 Peter 3:12

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do what is evil.