2Chronicles:14:2-15

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* And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God ; * and he took away the altars of the strange [gods ] and the high places , and broke the columns , and cut down the Asherahs ; * and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers , and to practise the law and the commandment . * 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 built fortified cities in Judah , for the land had rest , and he had no war in those years ; because Jehovah had given him rest . * And he said to Judah , Let us build these cities , and surround them with walls and towers , gates and bars , while the land is yet before us ; for we have sought Jehovah our God ; we have sought him , and he has given us rest on every side . And they built and prospered . * And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears : out of Judah three hundred thousand ; and out of Benjamin , that bore shields and drew the bow , two hundred and eighty thousand : all these , mighty men of valour . * And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand , and three hundred chariots , and he came to Mareshah . * And Asa went out against him , and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah . * And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God , and said , Jehovah , it maketh no difference to thee to help , whether there be much or no power : help us , O Jehovah our God , for we rely on thee , and in thy name have we come against this multitude . Jehovah , thou art our God ; let not man prevail against thee . * And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah ; and the Ethiopians fled . * And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar ; and the Ethiopians were overthrown , that none of them was left alive ; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army . And they carried away very much spoil . * And they smote all the cities round about Gerar , for the terror of Jehovah came upon them ; and they spoiled all the cities , for there was very much spoil in them . * They smote also the tents of cattle , and carried away sheep and camels in abundance , and returned to Jerusalem .

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