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2 Chronicles 14:1-8

1SoAbijah sleptwithhisfathers,andtheyburiedhiminthecityofDavid;andAsaH609hisson reignedinhisstead.Inhisdaysthelandwasquiet ten years.

2AndAsa didthatwhich was goodandrightintheeyesofJehovahhisGod:

3forhetookawaytheforeign altars,andthehighplaces,andbrake downthepillars,andhewed downtheAsherim,

4andcommandedJudahH3063toseek Jehovah,theGodoftheirfathers,andtodothelawandthecommandment.

5AlsohetookawayoutofallthecitiesH5892ofJudahH3063thehigh placesandthesun-images:andthekingdomwasquietH8252beforehim.

6AndhebuiltH1129fortifiedcitiesH5892inJudahH3063;forthelandH776wasquiet,andhehadno warinthoseyears,becauseJehovahhadgivenH5117himrestH5117.

7Forhesaid untoJudahH3063,Letus buildthesecities,andmakeaboutthemwalls,andtowers, gates,andbars;thelandisyet before us,becausewehavesought JehovahourGod;wehavesoughthim,andhehath given usrestoneveryside.Sotheybuiltandprospered.

8AndAsahadanarmyH2428thatbare bucklersandspears,outofJudahthreeH7969hundredH3967thousandH505;andoutofBenjamin,thatbare shieldsanddrew bows,twoH3967hundredH3967andfourscorethousandH505:alltheseweremightymenofvalor.

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