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¹ And Abijah lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Asa reigns in his stead. In his days the land was quiet [for] ten years.² And Asa does that which is good and that which is right in the eyes of his God YHWH,³ and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the Asherim,⁴ and commands to Judah to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the command;⁵ and he turns aside the high places and the images out of all cities of Judah, and the kingdom is quiet before him.⁶ And he builds cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land has quiet; and there is no war with him in these years, because YHWH has given rest to him.⁷ And he says to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and surround [them] with wall, and towers, double gates, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought our God YHWH, we have sought, and He gives rest to us all around"; and they build and prosper.⁸ And Asa has a force of three hundred thousand from Judah carrying buckler and spear, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin carrying shield and treading bow; all these [are] mighty men of valor.

⁹ And Zerah the Cushite comes out to them with a force of one million [men] and three hundred chariots, and he comes to Mareshah,¹⁰ and Asa goes out before him, and they set in array [for] battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.¹¹ And Asa calls to his God YHWH and says, "YHWH, it is nothing for You to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O YHWH, our God, for we have leaned on You, and in Your Name we have come against this multitude; O YHWH, You [are] our God; do not let mortal man prevail against You!"¹² And YHWH strikes the Cushim before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,¹³ and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there falls [many] from the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before YHWH and before His camp; and [those of Judah] carry away very much spoil,¹⁴ and strike all the cities around Gerar, for a fear of YHWH has been on them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil has been in them;¹⁵ and they have also struck tents of livestock, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and return to Jerusalem.