2 Chronicles 14:3-15

3for he removed 1the foreign altars and 2high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the 34Asherim, 4and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment. 5He also removed the high places and the 5incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him. 66He built fortified cities in Judah, since the land was undisturbed, and 7there was no one at war with him during those years, 8because the Lord had given him rest. 7For he said to Judah, “9Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still 10ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered. 8Now Asa had an army of 11300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors.

9Now Zerah the Ethiopian 12came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to 13Mareshah. 10So Asa went out 14to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11Then Asa 15called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, 16for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.” 12So 17the Lord 18routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as 19Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell that 20they could not recover, for they were shattered before the Lord and before His army. And they carried away very much plunder. 14They 21destroyed all the cities around Gerar, 22for the dread of the Lord had fallen on them; and they despoiled all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. 15They also struck down 23those who owned livestock, and they carried away large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.