2 Chronicles 14

¹ And Abijah lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign does Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years. ² And Asa does that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Yahweh his Elohim, ³ and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the shrines, ⁴ and said to Judah to seek Yahweh, Elohim of their fathers, and to do the law and the command; ⁵ and he turns aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him. ⁶ And he builds cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land has quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Yahweh has given rest to him. ⁷ And he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Yahweh our Elohim, we have sought, and He gives rest to us round about"; and they build and prosper. ⁸ And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [are] mighty of valor. ⁹ And come out unto them does Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he comes in unto Mareshah, ¹⁰ and Asa goes out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. ¹¹ And Asa calls unto Yahweh his Elohim, and said, "Yahweh! it is nothing with You to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Yahweh, our Elohim, for on You we have leant, and in Your name we have come against this multitude; O Yahweh, our Elohim you [are]; let him not prevail with You - mortal man!" ¹² And Yahweh smites the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee, ¹³ and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before Yahweh, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil, ¹⁴ and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of Yahweh has been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil has been in them; ¹⁵ and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.