2 Chronicles 14

1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and AsaH609 his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God: 3for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, 4and commanded JudahH3063 to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5Also he took away out of all the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quietH8252 before him. 6And he builtH1129 fortified citiesH5892 in JudahH3063; for the landH776 was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had givenH5117 him restH5117. 7For he said unto JudahH3063, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8And Asa had an armyH2428 that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah threeH7969 hundredH3967 thousandH505; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, twoH3967 hundredH3967 and fourscore thousandH505: all these were mighty men of valor.

9And there cameH3318 out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he cameH3318 unto MareshahH4762. 10Then AsaH609 wentH935 out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11And AsaH609 cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. 12So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before AsaH609, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13And Asa and the people that wereH1961 with him pursued them unto GerarH1642: and there fell of the Ethiopians so manyH7227 that they could not recover themselves; for they wereH1961 destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very muchH7227 booty. 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them. 15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.