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So Abijahslept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his sonreigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiettenyears.
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And Asadid that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
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For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
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And commandedJudah to seek the LORDGod of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
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Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quietbefore him.
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And he builtfencedcities in Judah: for the land had rest , and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest .