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Heb. There were good things. The meaning is either,
1. Though there were many corruptions in Judah, yet there were also divers good things there, which were not in Israel, as the word and ordinances, and pure worship of God, prophets and ministers of God’s institution, and divers truly religious people. And so this is an additional reason why God would not destroy them. Or,
2. Notwithstanding this loss, they began to recruit themselves, and to regain some degree of their former prosperity; whence it follows, 2Ch_12:13, So, there being some respite given, and peace being restored, Rehoboam strengthened himself, &c.