ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 14
1. So Abijah[H29] slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]; and Asa[H609] his son[H1121] reigned[H4427] in his stead[H3117]. In his days the land[H776] was quiet[H8252] ten[H6235] years[H8141].
2. And Asa[H609] did[H6213] that which was good[H2896] and right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430]:
3. for he took away[H5493] the foreign[H5236] altars[H4196], and the high places[H1116], and brake down[H7665] the pillars[H4676], and hewed down[H7665] the Asherim[H842],
4. and commanded[H559] Judah[H3063] to seek[H1875] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1], and to do[H6213] the law[H8451] and the commandment[H4687].
5. Also he took away[H5493] out of all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] the high places[H1116] and the sun-images[H2553]: and the kingdom[H4467] was quiet[H8252] before him[H6440].
6. And he built[H1129] fortified[H4694] cities[H5892] in Judah[H3063]; for the land[H776] was quiet[H8252], and he had no war[H4421] in those years[H8141], because Jehovah[H3068] had given him rest[H5117].
7. For he said[H559] unto Judah[H3063], Let us build[H1129] these cities[H5892], and make about[H5437] them walls[H2346], and towers[H4026], gates[H1817], and bars[H1280]; the land[H776] is yet before[H6440] us[H1875], because we have sought Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430]; we have sought[H1875] him[H5117], and he hath given us rest on every side[H5439]. So they built[H1129] and prospered[H6743].
8. And Asa[H609] had an army[H2428] that bare[H5375] bucklers[H6793] and spears[H7420], out of Judah[H3063] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505]; and out of Benjamin[H1144], that bare[H5375] shields[H4043] and drew[H1869] bows[H7198], two hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084] thousand[H505]: all these were mighty men[H1368] of valor[H2428].
9. And there came out[H3318] against them Zerah[H2226] the Ethiopian[H3569] with an army[H2428] of a thousand[H505] thousand[H505], and three[H7969] hundred[H3967] chariots[H4818]; and he came[H935] unto Mareshah[H4762].
10. Then Asa[H609] went out[H3318] to meet[H6440] him[H4421], and they set the battle in array[H6186] in the valley[H1516] of Zephathah[H6859] at Mareshah[H4762].
11. And Asa[H609] cried[H7121] unto Jehovah[H3068] his God[H430], and said[H559], Jehovah[H3068], there is none besides thee to help[H5826], between[H996] the mighty[H7227] and him that hath no strength[H3581]: help[H5826] us[H3068], O Jehovah our God[H430]; for we rely[H8172] on thee[H8034], and in thy name are we come[H935] against this multitude[H1995]. O Jehovah[H3068], thou art our God[H430]; let not man[H582] prevail against thee[H6113].
12. So Jehovah[H3068] smote[H5062] the Ethiopians[H3569] before[H6440] Asa[H609], and before[H6440] Judah[H3063]; and the Ethiopians[H3569] fled[H5127].
13. And Asa[H609] and the people[H5971] that were with him pursued[H7291] them unto Gerar[H1642]: and there fell[H5307] of the Ethiopians[H3569] so many that they could not recover[H4241] themselves[H7665]; for they were destroyed before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], and before[H6440] his host[H4264]; and they carried away[H5375] very[H3966] much[H7235] booty[H7998].
14. And they smote[H5221] all the cities[H5892] round about[H5439] Gerar[H1642]; for the fear[H6343] of Jehovah[H3068] came upon them[H962]: and they despoiled all the cities[H5892]; for there was much[H7227] spoil in them[H961].
15. They smote[H5221] also the tents[H168] of cattle[H4735], and carried away[H7617] sheep[H6629] in abundance[H7230], and camels[H1581], and returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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