2 Chronicles
Chapter Fourteen
1 ¶ So Abijah rested
with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son
reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.
2 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God,
3 for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke
down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.
4 He commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to observe the
law and the commandment.
5 He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities
of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.
6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war
in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and make walls
around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because
we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest
on every side." So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields
and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried
shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.
9 ¶ Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million
men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
10 So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the
Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, it is nothing
for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us,
O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude.
O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!"
12 So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians
fled.
13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So the Ethiopians
were overthrown, and they could not recover, for they were broken before the
LORD and His army. And they carried away very much spoil.
14 Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD
came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly
much spoil in them.
15 They also attacked the livestock enclosures, and carried off sheep and camels
in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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