2 Paralipomenon 14

¹And Abias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David: & Asa his son reigned for him, in whose days the land was quiet ten years.

²And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, & he overthrew the altars of strange service, and the excelses,

³and brake the statues, and cut down the groves.

⁴And he commanded Juda that they should seek our Lord the God of their fathers, and should do the law, and all the commandments.

⁵And he took away out of all the cities of Juda the altars, & temples, and reigned in peace.

⁶He built also fenced cities in Juda, because he was quiet, and there had no battles risen in his time, our Lord giving peace.

⁷And he said to Juda: let us build these cities, and compass them with walls, and strengthen them with towers, and gates, & locks, whilst things are quiet from battles, because we have sought our Lord the God of our fathers, and he hath given us peace round about. They therefore did build, and there was no impediment in building.

⁸And Asa had in his army of them that carried shields and spears, of Juda three hundred thousand: and of Benjamin shield-bearers and archers, two hundred eighty thousand, all these were most valiant men.

⁹And Zara the Æthiopian with his army issued forth against them, ten hundred thousand, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa.

¹⁰Moreover Asa went on to meet him, and set his army in array to battle in the vale Sephata, which is near Maresa.

¹¹And he invocated our Lord God, and said: Lord there is no difference with thee, whether thou help in few, or in many: help us o Lord our God: for having confidence in thee, & in thy name we are come against this multitude. Lord, thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee.

¹²Our Lord therefore terrified the Æthiopians before Asa and Juda: & the Æthiopians fled.

¹³And Asa pursued them, & the people that was with him, unto Gerara: & the Æthiopians fell to utter destruction because our Lord killing them, and his army fighting, they were destroyed. They took therefore many spoils,

¹⁴and they struck all the cities round about Gerara: for great terror had invaded all men: and they spoiled the cities, and carried away much prey.

¹⁵Yea and destroying the sheepcotes of sheep, they took an infinite multitude of cattle, and of camels: and returned into Jerusalem.