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So Abi'jah 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 had rest for ten years.
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And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
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He took away the foreign altars and the high places, and broke down the pillars and hewed down the Ashe'rim,
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and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment.
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He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
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He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the LORD gave him peace.
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And he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars; the land is still ours, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side." So they built and prospered.