dwelt] Quietly continued.
he went out again] Heb. he returned and went out. As he had done before, chap. 17. 7. Or, repenting of his sin, he brought his people to seek the LORD.
from Beer-sheba] From south to north, from one end of Judah to another. See on 1 Kings 19:3. and on chap. 15. 8, 9.