Geneva1599 - II Chronicles - 14

14:1  So Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade: in whose dayes the lande was quiet ten yeere.

14:2  And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

14:3  For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,

14:4  And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.

14:5  And he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah the hie places, and the images: therefore the kingdome was quiet before him.

14:6  He built also strong cities in Iudah, because the lande was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeeres: for the Lord had giuen him rest.

14:7  Therefore he saide to Iudah, Let vs builde these cities and make walles about, and towers, gates, and barres, whiles the lande is before vs: because we haue sought the Lord our God, we haue sought him, and he hath giuen vs rest on euery side: so they built and prospered.

14:8  And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.

14:9  And there came out against them Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoste of ten hundreth thousande, and three hundreth charets, and came vnto Mareshah.

14:10  Then Asa went out before him, and they set the battell in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.

14:11  And Asa cryed vnto the Lord his God, and saide, Lord, it is nothing with thee to helpe with many, or with no power: helpe vs, O Lord our God: for we rest on thee, and in thy Name are we come against this multitude: O Lord, thou art our God, let not man preuaile against thee.

14:12  So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Iudah, and the Ethiopians fled.

14:13  And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar. And the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lord and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.

14:14  And they smote all the cities rounde about Gerar: for the feare of the Lord came vpon them, and they spoyled all the cities, for there was exceeding much spoyle in them.

14:15  Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.