2 Chronicles 14

1altars of the foreign gods and the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the groves.

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2for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the groves.

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3He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandments.

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4He also removed the altars and the idols from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

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5He was able to build walled cities in Judah, for the land had rest. There was no war in those years because the Lord gave him rest.

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6Therefore he said to Judah, 'Because we sought the Lord our God, let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars in the land we rule. We sought Him, and He gave us rest on every side, and we have prospered.'

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7Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred fifty thousand men who carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.

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8Then Zerah the Ethiopian came against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah.

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9So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the valley to the north of Mareshah.

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10And Asa cried out to the Lord his God and said, 'Lord, with You it is not impossible, whether with the many or with the few. Strengthen us, Lord our God, for we trust in You. And in Your name we go against this multitude. Lord our God, do not let man prevail against You!'

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11So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

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12And Asa and the people with him pursued them to Gerar, and the Ethiopians were so defeated they could not recover. They were crushed before the Lord and His army. And they carried away a great deal of spoil.

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13Then they cut off all the villages round about Gerar, for the fear of the Lord came upon them; even so, they plundered all their cities, for they had a great amount of spoil in them.

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14They even tore down the enclosures for the livestock. Then they took many of the sheep and camels and returned to Jerusalem.

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