Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second
Chronicles: Chapter 14
1. SO
A-bi-jah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land
was quiet ten years.
2. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his
God:
3. For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places,
and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
4. And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment.
5. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and
the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6. And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
7. Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet
before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him,
and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and
prospered.
8. And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah
three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew
bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of
valour.
9. And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a
thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Ma-re-shah.
10. Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in
the valley of Zeph-a-thah at Ma-re-shah.
11. And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power:
help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go
against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man
prevail against thee.
12. So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and
the Ethiopians fled.
13. And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar:
and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover
themselves: for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his
host; and they carried away very much spoil.
14. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much spoil in them.
15. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
May 31
Daily reading schedule.. No NT reading today.
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