1 So|strong="H6213" Abijah slept with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" fathers, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" city of|strong="H3068" David, and|strong="H3068" Asa his|strong="H3068" son reigned in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" stead: in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" days the|strong="H6213" land was|strong="H3068" quiet ten years.
2 And|strong="H4196" Asa did that|strong="H4196" which|strong="H1116" was good and|strong="H4196" right in|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" eyes of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5493" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5493" God:
3 for|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3063" away the|strong="H6213" strange altars, and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H6213" high|strong="H6213" places, and|strong="H3063" brake down the|strong="H6213" pillars, and|strong="H3063" hewed down the|strong="H6213" Asherim;
4 and|strong="H3063" commanded Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" seek the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God of|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" fathers, and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" law and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" commandment.
5 Also|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3063" away|strong="H5973" out of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1129" places and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" sun-images: and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" kingdom was|strong="H3068" quiet|strong="H8252" before|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973".
6 And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" fenced cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" was|strong="H3068" quiet|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" war in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H5437" years; because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5117" him|strong="H6440" rest|strong="H5117".
7 For|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" said unto|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063", Let|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961" build these|strong="H3605" cities, and|strong="H3967" make|strong="H5375" about|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5375" walls, and|strong="H3967" towers|strong="H5375", gates, and|strong="H3967" bars; the|strong="H3605" land is|strong="H3605" yet|strong="H3605" before|strong="H1961" us|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" sought the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God; we|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" sought him|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3605" hath|strong="H3063" given|strong="H5375" us|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" side. So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3605" built and|strong="H3967" prospered.
8 And|strong="H3967" Asa had|strong="H2428" an|strong="H3318" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H5704" bare bucklers and|strong="H3967" spears, out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" Judah three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand; and|strong="H3967" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3318" Benjamin, that|strong="H5704" bare shields and|strong="H3967" drew bows, two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fourscore thousand: an|strong="H3318" these were|strong="H2428" mighty|strong="H7969" men|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3318" valour|strong="H2428".
9 And|strong="H6440" there|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" Zerah the|strong="H6440" Ethiopian with|strong="H6440" an|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3068" thousand thousand, and|strong="H6440" three hundred chariots; and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3318" unto|strong="H6440" Mareshah|strong="H4762".
10 Then|strong="H2088" Asa went|strong="H3068" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" meet him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" set the|strong="H5921" battle in|strong="H5921" array in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valley of|strong="H3068" Zephathah at|strong="H5921" Mareshah.
11 And|strong="H3063" Asa cried unto|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" said, LORD|strong="H3068", there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" none beside thee|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" help, between the|strong="H6440" mighty and|strong="H3063" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" hath|strong="H3068" no|strong="H6440" strength: help us|strong="H6440", O|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3068" rely on|strong="H3068" thee|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3068" thy|strong="H3068" name are|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3063" against|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" multitude. O|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", thou|strong="H6440" art|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; let not|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" prevail against|strong="H6440" thee|strong="H6440";
12 So|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" smote the|strong="H6440" Ethiopians|strong="H3569" before|strong="H6440" Asa, and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Judah; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Ethiopians|strong="H3569" fled.
13 And|strong="H3068" Asa and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921" pursued them|strong="H5921" unto|strong="H3068" Gerar|strong="H1642": and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" fell|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Ethiopians so|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could not|strong="H1961" recover themselves|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H5221" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" host; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" carried|strong="H3068" away|strong="H3605" very|strong="H7227" much|strong="H7227" booty.
14 And|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5221" smote|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" cities round|strong="H3389" shout Gerar; for|strong="H3389" the|strong="H5221" fear of|strong="H7230" the|strong="H5221" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H7725" upon them|strong="H7725": and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5221" spoiled all|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5221" cities; for|strong="H3389" there|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3389" much|strong="H7230" spoil in|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725":
15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.