And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, and temples, and reigned in peace.

And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

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

And he took away, from all the cities of Judah, the altars and the shrines. And he reigned in peace.

Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Leviticus 26:30 note.

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was (b) quiet before him.
(b) He shows that the rest and quietness of kingdoms stands in abolishing idolatry and advancing true religion.

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images,.... Perhaps the high places in 2-Chronicles 14:3 design only the high places and altars in Jerusalem, and near it; these in all the rest of the cities of the land; the "images were", as the word signifies, "sun images", either made in the form of the sun, or dedicated to it, or temples for it; See Gill on Leviticus 26:30,
and the kingdom was quiet before him; he had no foreign enemy to molest him, and so took that opportunity to reform divine worship, and in that he met with no opposition from his people.

he took away . . . the high places--that is, those devoted to idolatrous rites.
took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images--All public objects and relics of idolatry in Jerusalem and other cities through his kingdom were destroyed; but those high places where God was worshipped under the figure of an ox, as at Beth-el, were allowed to remain (1-Kings 15:14); so far the reformation was incomplete.