2 Chronicles 14:1-8

1And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

2And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his 1God;

3and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

4and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the 2God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

5And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

6And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

7And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our 3God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

8And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.