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2 Chronicles 14:3-15

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.

9AndtherecameH3318outagainstthemZerahtheEthiopianwithanarmyofathousand thousand,andthree hundred chariots;andhecameH3318untoMareshahH4762.

10ThenAsaH609wentH935outtomeethim,andtheysetthebattleinarrayinthevalleyofZephathahatMareshah.

11AndAsaH609cried untoJehovahhisGod,andsaid,Jehovah,thereisnone besides theetohelp, betweenthemightyandhimthathath no strength: helpus,OJehovahourGod;forwe relyonthee,andinthy namearewe comeagainstthismultitude.OJehovah, thou artourGod; let not man prevailagainstthee.

12SoJehovahsmotetheEthiopiansbeforeAsaH609,andbeforeJudah;andtheEthiopiansfled.

13AndAsaandthepeoplethatwereH1961withhimpursuedthemuntoGerarH1642:andtherefelloftheEthiopianssomanyH7227thattheycouldnotrecoverthemselves;fortheywereH1961destroyedbeforeJehovah,andbeforehishost;andtheycarriedawayverymuchרַבָּ֖הra.BahH7227booty.

14Andtheysmoteallthecities roundaboutGerar;forthefearofJehovahcameuponthem:andtheydespoiledallthecities;fortherewasmuchspoilinthem.

15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

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