2 Chronicles 14

14^*So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and ^aAsa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

^2*And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: ³For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and ^bthe high places, and brake down the ^†images, and ^ccut down the groves: ⁴And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. ⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah ^bthe high places and the ^†images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. ⁶And he built ^dfenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in ^ethose years; because the Lord had given him rest. ⁷Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them ^fwalls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and ^ghe hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. ⁸And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah ^hthree hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and ⁱdrew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

⁹And there came out against them Zerah ^jthe Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto ^kMareshah. ¹⁰Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of ^lZephathah at ^kMareshah. ¹¹And Asa ^mcried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is ⁿnothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we ^orest on thee, and ^pin thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not ^||man ^qprevail against thee. ¹²So the Lord ^rsmote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. ¹³And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto ^sGerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not ^trecover themselves; for they were ^†destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. ¹⁴And they smote all the cities round about ^sGerar; for ^uthe fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. ¹⁵They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.