Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 14:4

"and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment." — 2 Chronicles 14:4 (ASV)

And commanded Judah to seek. — amar with infinitive. (Compare to 1 Chronicles 21:17.) The chronicler’s own style is visible in this verse.

To seek the Lord God of their fathers. —The same phrase recurs in 2 Chronicles 15:12.

The law and the commandment. —Exodus 24:12, That I may give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment that I have written (Deuteronomy 6:25).

And the images. — Hammanîm. (Compare to the word hammah, “sun.”) Pillars or statues to the sun-god, standing before or upon the altars of Baal, are intended (Isaiah 17:8; 2 Chronicles 34:4.) Compare to the Phenician deity Baal-hamman.

The kingdom was quiet before him. —Enjoyed peace under his oversight. Compare the use of the word “before” in Numbers 8:22; Psalms 72:5 (“before the moon”).