Verse 1Quiet - There was no open war, but there were private hostilities between his and Baasha's subjects. Verse 6The 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. Verse 7Before us - In our power. Verse 9Ethiopian - Or, the Arabian, as the Hebrew word Cush is commonly used: these being much nearer to Asa than the Ethiopians. Verse 11Let 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. Verse 12Smote - With terror, and an unaccountable consternation. Verse 14Smote the cities - because they had joined, with Zerah in this war.