CHAP. XIV.
The reign of Asa: his victory
over the Ethiopians.
1 And Abia slept with his
fathers, and they buried
him in the city of David:
and Asa his son reigned in his
stead, in his days the land was
quiet ten years.
2 And Asa did that which
was good and pleasing in the
sight of his God, and he destroyed
the altars of foreign
worship, and the high places,
3 And broke the statues,
and cut down the groves.
4 And he commanded Juda
to seek the Lord the God of
their fathers, and to do the
law, and all the commandments.
5 And he took away out
of all the cities of Juda the
altars, and temples, and reigned
in peace.
6 He built also strong cities
in Juda, for he was quiet, and
there had no wars risen in his
time, the Lord giving him
peace.
7 And he said to Juda:
Let us build these cities, and
compass them with walls, and
fortify them with towers, and
gates, and bars, while all is
quiet from wars, because we
have sought the Lord the
God of our fathers, and he
hath given us peace round about.
So they built, and there
was no hindrance in building.
8 And Asa had in his army
of men that bore shields and
spears, of Juda three hundred
thousand: and of Benjamin
that bore shield and drew bows,
two hundred and eighty thousand,
all these were most valiant
men.
9 And Zara the Ethiopian
came out against them with
his army of ten hundred thousand
men, and with three hundred
chariots: and he came as
far as Maresa.
10 And Asa went out to
meet him, and set his army
in array for battle in the vale
of Sephata, which is near
Maresa.
11 And he called upon the
Lord God, and said: Lord
there is no difference with thee,
whether thou help with few,
or with many: help us O Lord
our God: for with confidence
in thee, and in thy name we
are come against this multitude.
O Lord, thou art our
God, let not man prevail against
thee.
12 And the Lord terrified
the Ethiopians before Asa and
Juda: and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people
that were with him, pursued
them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians
fell even to utter destruction,
for the Lord slew
them, and his army fought against
them, and they were
destroyed. And they took
abundance of spoils,
14 And they took all the
cities round about Gerara:
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for a great fear was come upon
all men: and they pillaged
the cities, and carried off
much booty.
15 And they destroyed the
sheep-cotes, and took an infinite
multitude of cattle, and
of camels: and returned to
Jerusalem.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
