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  • 1. And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.
  • 2. And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,
  • 3. and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
  • 4. and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;
  • 5. and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
  • 6. And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Jehovah hath given rest to him.
  • 7. And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass `them' with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land `is' before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.
  • 8. And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these `are' mighty of valour.
  • 9. And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,
  • 10. and Asa goeth out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
  • 11. And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou `art'; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!
  • 12. And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
  • 13. and Asa and the people who `are' with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before Jehovah, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil,
  • 14. and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of Jehovah hath been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil hath been in them;
  • 15. and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.