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  14:1 ¶
And Abia died with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In the days of Asa the land of Judah{gr.Juda} had rest ten years. |
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14:1 ¶
So Abijahº
sleptºº
withº
his fathers,º
and they buriedºº
him in the cityº
of David:º
and Asaº
his sonº
reignedºº
in his stead.º
In his daysº
the landº
was quietºº
tenº
years.º |
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14:2
And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God. |
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14:2
And Asaº
didºº
[that which was] goodº
and rightº
in the eyesº
of Yahwehº
his Elohim:º |
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14:3
And he removed the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves: |
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14:3
For he took awayººº
the altarsº
of the strangeº
[elohim], and the high places,º
and brake downººº
the images,º
and cut downººº
the groves:º |
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14:4
and he told Judah{gr.Juda} to seek earnestly the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and commandments. |
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14:4
And commandedºº
Judahº
to seekººº
Yahwehº
Elohimº
of their fathers,º
and to doºº
the lawº
and the commandment.º |
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14:5
And he removed from all the cities of Judah{gr.Juda} the altars and the idols, and established in quietness |
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14:5
Also he took awayºº
out of allºº
the citiesº
of Judahºº
the high placesº
and the images:º
and the kingdomº
was quietºº
beforeº
him. |
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14:6 ¶
fortified cities in the land of Judah{gr.Juda}; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest. |
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14:6 ¶
And he builtºº
fencedº
citiesº
in Judah:º
forº
the landº
had rest,ºº
and he had noº
warº
in thoseº
years;º
becauseº
Yahwehº
had given him rest.ºº |
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14:7
And he said to Judah{gr.Juda}, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us. |
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14:7
Therefore he saidºº
unto Judah,º
Let us buildººº
theseº
cities,º
and make aboutºº
[them] walls,º
and towers,º
gates,º
and bars,º
[while] the landº
[is] yetº
beforeº
us; becauseº
we have soughtººº
Yahwehº
our Elohim,º
we have soughtºº
[him], and he hath given us restºº
on every side.ºº
So they builtºº
and prospered.ºº |
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14:8
And Asa had a force of armed men bearing shields and spears in the land of Judah{gr.Juda}, [even] three hundred thousand, and in the land of Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand targeteers and archers: all these were mighty warriors. |
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14:8
And Asaº
hadº
an armyº
[of men] that bareºº
targetsº
and spears,º
out ofº
Judahº
threeº
hundredº
thousand;º
and out of Benjamin,ºº
that bareºº
shieldsº
and drewºº
bows,º
two hundredº
and fourscoreº
thousand:º
allº
theseº
[were] mighty menº
of valour.º |
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14:9 ¶
And Zerah{gr.Zare} the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Maresa. |
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14:9 ¶
And there came outºº
againstº
them Zerahº
the Ethiopianº
with an hostº
of a thousandº
thousand,º
and threeº
hundredº
chariots;º
and cameºº
untoº
Mareshah.º |
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14:10
And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Maresa. |
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14:10
Then Asaº
went outºº
againstº
him, and they set the battleº
in arrayººº
in the valleyº
of Zephathahº
at Mareshah.º |
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14:11
And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with thee to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in thee, and in thy name have we come against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee. |
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14:11
And Asaº
criedºº
untoº
Yahwehº
his Elohim,º
and said,ºº
Yahweh,º
[it is] nothingº
withº
thee to help,ºº
whetherº
with many,º
or with them that have noº
power:º
helpºº
us, O Yahwehº
our Elohim;º
forº
we restºº
onº
thee, and in thy nameº
we goºº
againstº
thisº
multitude.º
O Yahweh,º
thouº
[art] our Elohim;º
let notº
manº
prevailºº
againstº
thee. |
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14:12
And the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Judah{gr.Juda}; and the Ethiopians fled. |
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14:12
So Yahwehº
smoteººº
the Ethiopiansº
beforeº
Asa,º
and beforeº
Judah;º
and the Ethiopiansº
fled.ºº |
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14:13
And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils. |
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14:13
And Asaº
and the peopleº
thatº
[were] withº
him pursuedºº
them untoº
Gerar:º
and the Ethiopiansºº
were overthrown,ºº
that they could notº
recoverº
themselves; forº
they were destroyedºº
beforeº
Yahweh,º
and beforeº
his host;º
and they carried awayºº
veryº
muchºº
spoil.º |
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14:14
And they destroyed their towns roundabout Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil. |
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14:14
And they smoteººº
allº
the citiesº
round aboutº
Gerar;º
forº
the fearº
of Yahwehº
cameº
uponº
them: and they spoiledººº
allº
the cities;º
forº
there wasº
exceeding muchº
spoilº
in them. |
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14:15
Also they destroyed the tents of cattle, and the Alimazons, and took many sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem. |
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14:15
They smoteºº
alsoº
the tentsº
of cattle,º
and carried awayºº
sheepº
and camelsº
in abundance,º
and returnedºº
to Jerusalem.º |
