2Chronicles:14

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* And Abijah lay with his fathers , and they buried him in the city of David . And his son Asa reigned in his place . In his days the land was quiet ten years . * And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God . * And he removed the altars of the alien , and the high places , and broke down the pillars , and cut down the Asherahs . * And he commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers , and to do the law and the commandment . * And he removed the high places and the images out of all the cities of Judah . And the kingdom was quiet before him . * And he built fenced cities in Judah , for the land had quiet . And there was no war with him in these years , because Jehovah had given him rest . * And he said to Judah , Let us build these cities , and walls around them , and towers , two leaved gates , and bars , while the land is before us , because we have sought Jehovah our God . We have sought , and He has given rest to us all around . And they built and prospered . * And Asa had an army bearing bucklers and spears three hundred thousand out of Judah , and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin , bearing shields and drawing bows ; all these were mighty men of valor . * And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands , and three hundred chariots . And he came to Mareshah . * And Asa went out before him and they set the battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah . * And Asa called to Jehovah his God , and said , O Jehovah , it is nothing to You to help between the mighty and him with no strength . Help us , O Jehovah our God ; for we rest on You , and in Your name we come against this host . O Jehovah , You are our God . Do not let man hold out against You . * And Jehovah struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah . And the Ethiopians fled . * And Asa and the people with him pursued them even to Gerar . And all of the Cushites fell , for there was not one left alive to them ; because they had broken before Jehovah , and before His army . And they carried away very much plunder . * And they struck all the cities around Gerar , for the fear of Jehovah had come on them . And they plundered all the cities , for there was much booty in them . * And also they struck the tents of cattle , and they captured sheep and camels in abundance . And they returned to Jerusalem .

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