Purging the Land? 2 Chronicles 14:2 Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of YaHuWaH his Aluahiym: 14:3 for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, 14:4 and commanded Yahuwdah to seek YaHuWaH, the Aluahiym of their fathers, and to do the Torah and the commandment. 14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Yahuwdah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 14:6 He built fortified cities in Yahuwdah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because YaHuWaH had given him rest. 14:7 For he said to Yahuwdah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought YaHuWaH our Aluahiym; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered. 14:8 Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Yahuwdah three hundred thousand; and out of BenYamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. 14:9 There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah. 14:10 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 14:11 Asa cried to YaHuWaH his Aluahiym, and said, “ YaHuWaH, there is none besides You to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, YaHuWaH our Aluahiym; for we rely on You, and in Your Name are we come against this multitude. YaHuWaH, You are our Aluahiym. Don’t let man prevail against You.” 14:12 So YaHuWaH struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Yahuwdah; and the Ethiopians fled. 14:13 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before YaHuWaH, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty. 14:14 They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of YaHuWaH came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them. 14:15 They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Yahrushalom. 15:1 The Rúwach of Aluahiym came on Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Yahuwdah and BenYamin! YaHuWaH is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 15:3 Now for a long time Ysraal was without the true Aluahiym, and without a teaching priest, and without Torah. 15:4 But when in their distress they turned to YaHuWaH, the Aluahiym of Ysraal, and sought Him, He was found by them. 15:5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands. 15:6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for Aluahiym troubled them with all adversity. 15:7 But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.” 15:8 When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Yahuwdah and BenYamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephrayim; and he renewed the altar of YaHuWaH, that was before the porch of YaHuWaH.
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