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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Then
Abijah rested
with his fathers and was
buried in the City of David .
And his son Asa
reigned in his place,
and
in his days the land was at
peace
for
ten years.
So
Abijah 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 was quiet
ten years.
And Asa did what
was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God .
And Asa did that
which
was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God :
He removed
the foreign
altars and high places, shattered
the sacred
pillars
, and chopped
down the Asherah
poles.
For
he took
away
the altars of
the
strange
gods,
and the
high places, and
brake
down
the images
, and cut
down the groves:
He
commanded the
people
of
Judah to seek the LORD ,
the
God of their fathers, and to observe
the law and the commandments
.
And
commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment
.
He
also removed
the
high
places
and
incense
altars
from
all the cities of Judah ,
and under
him
the kingdom was at
peace
.
Also he
took
away
out
of
all the cities of Judah the
high
places
and the images:
and
the
kingdom was quiet
before
him
.
Because
the
land
was
at
peace,
Asa
built fortified
cities in Judah .
In
those
days
no one
made
war with
him,
because the LORD had given him rest.
And
he
built fenced
cities in Judah :
for
the
land
had
rest,
and
he
had
no war in
those
years;
because the LORD had given him rest.
So
he said to
the
people
of
Judah, “
Let us build these cities and surround
them with
walls and towers, with
doors
and bars .
The land is still
ours
because we have sought the LORD our God .
We have sought Him and He has
given us rest on every side. ”
So they built and prospered.
Therefore
he said unto
Judah, Let us build these cities ,
and make
about
them walls ,
and towers, gates,
and bars ,
while
the land is yet
before
us;
because we have sought the LORD our God ,
we have sought him ,
and he hath
given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
Asa had an army of 300,000
men from
Judah
bearing
large
shields
and spears, and 280,000
men
from
Benjamin bearing
small
shields and drawing
the
bow.
All these were mighty men of valor.
And
Asa had an army of men that
bare
targets
and spears, out
of
Judah
three
hundred
thousand;
and out
of
Benjamin ,
that
bare
shields and drew
bows,
two
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand:
all these were mighty men of valor.
Then
Zerah
the
Cushite
came against them with an army
of 1,000
, 000
men
and 300
chariots ,
and they
advanced
as
far
as
Mareshah.
And
there
came out
against them Zerah
the
Ethiopian
with an host
of a
thousand
thousand
, and three
hundred
chariots ;
and came
unto
Mareshah.
So
Asa marched
out against him and lined
up
in
battle formation
in the Valley of Zephathah near
Mareshah.
Then
Asa went
out against him ,
and they
set
the
battle in array
in
the valley of Zephathah at
Mareshah.
Then
Asa cried out
to
the LORD his God :
“O
LORD, there
is no
one
besides
You
to help the
powerless
against
the
mighty.
Help us, O LORD our God ,
for we rely
on You
, and in Your
name we have
come
against this multitude. O LORD, You
are
our God .
Do
not
let a
mere
mortal
prevail against You
. ”
And
Asa cried unto
the LORD his God ,
and
said,
LORD, it
is nothing
with
thee
to help ,
whether
with
many,
or
with
them
that
have
no
power:
help us, O LORD our God ;
for we rest
on thee
, and in thy
name we go
against this multitude. O LORD, thou
art
our God ;
let no
man
prevail against thee
.
So the LORD struck
down
the Cushites
before Asa and Judah ,
and the Cushites
fled.
So the LORD smote
the Ethiopians
before Asa ,
and before
Judah ;
and the Ethiopians
fled.
Then
Asa and his
army
pursued them as
far
as
Gerar .
The
Cushites
fell
and could not recover ,
for they were crushed
before the LORD and His army.
So
the
people
of
Judah
carried off
a
great
amount
of
plunder
And
Asa and the
people
that
were
with
him
pursued them unto
Gerar :
and the
Ethiopians
were
overthrown,
that
they
could not recover themselves;
for they were destroyed
before the LORD ,
and before
his host;
and
they
carried away
very
much
spoil.
and attacked
all the cities around
Gerar ,
because
the terror
of the LORD had
fallen
upon them .
They plundered
all the cities ,
since
there was much plunder
there
.
And they
smote
all the cities round
about
Gerar ;
for
the fear
of the LORD came
upon them :
and
they spoiled
all the cities ;
for
there was exceeding
much spoil
in
them
.
They also attacked
the tents of the
herdsmen
and carried off
many
sheep and camels .
Then
they
returned to Jerusalem.
They smote
also the tents of cattle,
and carried away
sheep and camels in
abundance,
and
returned to Jerusalem.
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