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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.
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Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
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There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
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Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
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Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.
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So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.