2Chronicles:14:1-16
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So Abi '
jah slept with his fathers ,
and they buried him in the city of David ;
and Asa his son reigned in his stead .
In his days the land had rest for ten years .
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And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God .
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He took away the foreign altars and the high places ,
and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Ashe '
rim ,
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and commanded Judah to seek the LORD ,
the God of their fathers ,
and to keep the law and the commandment .
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He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars .
And the kingdom had rest under him .
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He built fortified cities in Judah ,
for the land had rest .
He had no war in those years ,
for the LORD gave him peace .
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And he said to Judah , "
Let us build these cities ,
and surround them with walls and towers ,
gates and bars ;
the land is still ours ,
because we have sought the LORD our God ;
we have sought him ,
and he has given us peace on every side ."
So they built and prospered .
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And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah ,
armed with bucklers and spears ,
and two hundred and eighty thousand men from Benjamin ,
that carried shields and drew bows ;
all these were mighty men of valor .
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Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots ,
and came as far as Mare '
shah .
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And Asa went out to meet him ,
and they drew up their lines of battle in the valley of Zeph '
athah at Mare '
shah .
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And Asa cried to the LORD his God , "
O LORD ,
there is none like thee to help ,
between the mighty and the weak .
Help us ,
O LORD our God ,
for we rely on thee ,
and in thy name we have come against this multitude .
O LORD ,
thou art our God ;
let not man prevail against thee ."
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So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah ,
and the Ethiopians fled .
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Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar ,
and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive ;
for they were broken before the LORD and his army .
The men of Judah carried away very much booty .
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And they smote all the cities round about Gerar ,
for the fear of the LORD was upon them .
They plundered all the cities ,
for there was much plunder in them .
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And they smote the tents of those who had cattle ,
and carried away sheep in abundance and camels .
Then they returned to Jerusalem .
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