2 Crônicas 14

¹ So Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade: in whose dayes the lande was quiet ten yeere.

² And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

³ For he took away the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down theWhich were planted contrary to the Law, (Deu_16:21).groves:

⁴ And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.

⁵ Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom wasHe shows that the rest and quietness of kingdoms stands in abolishing idolatry and advancing true religion.quiet before him.

⁶ He built also strong cities in Iudah, because the lande was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeeres: for the Lord had giuen him rest.

⁷ Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yetWhile we have the full government of it.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.

⁸ And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.

⁹ And there came out against them Zerah theThe king of Ethiopia, or Egypt.Ethiopian with an host of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came untoWhich was a city in Judah, (Jos_15:44) where Michaiah the prophet was born.Mareshah.

¹⁰ Then Asa went out before him, and they set the battell in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.

¹¹ 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;Thus the children of God neither trust in their own power or policy, nor fear the strength and subtilty of their enemies, but consider the cause and see whether their enterprises tend to God's glory, and thereupon assure themselves of the victory by him, who alone is Almighty and can turn all flesh into dust with the breath of his mouth.let not man prevail against thee.

¹² So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Iudah, and the Ethiopians fled.

¹³ And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar; the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lorde and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.

¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for theThe Lord had stricken them with fear.fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

¹⁵ Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.