Chapter 14

¹ And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God. ² And he removed the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves: ³ and he told Judah to seek earnestly the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and the commandments. ⁴ And he removed from all the cities of Judah the altars and the idols, and established in quietness ⁵ fortified cities in the land of Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest. ⁶ And he said to Judah, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us. ⁷ And Asa had a force of armed men bearing shields and spears in the land of Judah, [even] three hundred thousand, and in the land of Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand targeteers and archers: all these were mighty warriors.

2Chr 14:1-7

⁸ And Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Mareshah. ⁹ And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Mareshah. ¹⁰ And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with thee to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in thee, and in thy name have we come against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee. ¹¹ And the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. ¹² And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils. ¹³ And they destroyed their towns round about Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil. ¹⁴ Also they destroyed the tents of cattle, and the Alimazons, and took many sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

2Chr 14:8-14