Asa Reigns
14*So Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. His son Asa succeeded him. In his days the land had rest for ten years.
2*Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
3He took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, hewed down the sacred poles,*
4and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to keep the law and the commandment.
5He also removed from all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
6He built fortified cities in Judah while the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace.
7He said to Judah, ‘Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars; the land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.’ So they built and prospered.
8Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand troops from Benjamin who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty warriors.