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| The Book of 2nd Chronicles 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:1 | So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:2 | Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God: | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:3 | for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:4 | and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:5 | Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:6 | He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:7 | For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:8 | Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:9 | There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:10 | Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:11 | Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:12 | So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:13 | Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:14 | They struck all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them. | |||||||||||||||
| 2nd Chronicles 14:15 | They struck also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem. | |||||||||||||||
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