KJ3 Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 14
Asa succeeds and destroys idolatry. Calling on Jehovah, he overthrows Zerah, and plunders the Ethiopians.
1And Abijah lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God.
3And he removed the altars of the foreigner, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherahs.
4And he commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment.
5And he removed the high places and the images out of all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.
6And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had quiet. And there was no war with him in these years, because Jehovah had given him rest.
7And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and walls around them, and with towers, gates, and bars, while the land is before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God. We have sought, and He has given rest to us all around. And they built and prospered.
8And Asa had an army bearing bucklers and spears three hundred thousand out of Judah, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin, bearing shields and drawing bows; all these were mighty men of strength.
9And Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands, and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
10And Asa went out before him and they set the battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11And Asa called to Jehovah his God, and said, O Jehovah, besides You there is none to help between the great and him with no strength. Help us, O Jehovah our God; for we lean on You, and in Your name we come against this host. O Jehovah, You are our God. Do not let men hold back against You.
12And Jehovah struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah. And the Cushites fled.
13And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. And all of the Cushites fell, for there was none left alive to them; because they had broken before Jehovah, and before His army. And they lifted up very much plunder.
14And they struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of Jehovah had come on them. And they plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
15And also they struck the tents of cattle, and they captured sheep and camels in abundance. And they returned to Jerusalem.
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