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2 Chronicles 14:3-15 3 and he took away the altars of the strange [ gods אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei H430 ] and the high places , and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs; 4 and commanded Judah H3063 to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment. 5 And he removed out of all the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet H8252 before him . 6 And he built H1129 fortified cities H5892 in Judah H3063 , for the land H776 had rest הֵנִ֥יחַ he.Ni.ach H5117 , and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given H5117 him rest וַיָּ֥נַֽח vai.Ya.nach H5117 . 7 And he said to Judah H3063 , 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 God; we have sought him , and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army H2428 that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 ; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two H3967 hundred H3967 and eighty thousand H505 : all these, mighty men of valour. 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian came H3318 out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came H3318 to Mareshah H4762 . 10 And Asa H609 went H935 out against him , and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. 11 And Asa H609 cried unto Jehovah his God , and said, Jehovah , it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us , O Jehovah our God , for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah , thou art our God ; let not man prevail against thee. 12 And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa H609 and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people that were H1961 with him pursued them to Gerar H1642 ; and the Ethiopians were H1961 overthrown , that none of them was H1961 left alive; for they were H1961 crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much רַבָּ֖ה ra.Bah H7227 spoil H962 . 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them ; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them . 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. Read all of 2 Chronicles 14 ← 2 Chronicles 13 2 Chronicles 15 → Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14 Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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