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So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
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Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:
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for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
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and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God 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 sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
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He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
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For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.