(2 Chronicles 14:7-13a)
He told the people of Judah, “Let us fortify the cities by building wall and towers, and gates that can be shut and barred. We have control of the land because we have done the will of the Lord our God.. He has protected us and given us security on every side.” And so they built and prospered. King Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, armed with shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin, armed with shields and bows. All of them were brave, well-trained men.
A Sudanese named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah. Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions at Zephathah Valley near Mareshah. Asa prayed to the Lord his God, “O Lord, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O Lord our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. Lord, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you.”
The Lord defeated the Sudanese army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled, and Asa and his troops pursued them as far as Gerar.
He told the people of Judah, “Let us fortify the cities by building wall and towers, and gates that can be shut and barred. We have control of the land because we have done the will of the Lord our God.. He has protected us and given us security on every side.” And so they built and prospered. King Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, armed with shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin, armed with shields and bows. All of them were brave, well-trained men.
A Sudanese named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah. Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions at Zephathah Valley near Mareshah. Asa prayed to the Lord his God, “O Lord, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O Lord our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. Lord, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you.”
The Lord defeated the Sudanese army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled, and Asa and his troops pursued them as far as Gerar.
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