2 Chronicles 14:1-8
Asa's Piety and Military Prowess... [ Continue Reading ]
Asa's Piety and Military Prowess... [ Continue Reading ]
So Abijah 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, an interval of peace following the battle of Zemaraim, giving Asa the opportunity of effecting many needed improvements.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord, his God, 1 Kings 15:11;... [ Continue Reading ]
for he took away the altars of the strange gods, those which had been introduced from foreign, heathen nations, AND THE HIGH PLACES, for it was on the hills that the places of worship to idols were erected, AND BRAKE DOWN THE IMAGES, memorial stones erected to Baal, AND CUT DOWN THE GROVES, the wood... [ Continue Reading ]
and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment, both in its entirety and in its individual precepts.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images, the statues before the altars of Baal, consecrated to him as the sungod; AND THE KINGDOM WAS QUIET BEFORE HIM, although he was by no means free from faults, 2 Chronicles 16:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he built fenced cities in Judah, the fortifications erected by Rehoboam having probably been destroyed during the invasion by Shishak; FOR THE LAND HAD REST, AND HE HAD NO WAR IN THOSE YEARS, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD GIVEN HIM REST.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, the list surely including Geba and Mispah, AND MAKE ABOUT THEM WALLS, AND TOWERS, GATES, AND BARS, WHILE THE LAND IS YET BEFORE US, while it was not occupied by foes nor threatened by invasion, while they were still unhampered in their movemen... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, not all professional soldiers, but able to bear arms and ready to enter the service at any time, 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... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, either a Cushite king of Arabia or a mighty Ethiopian king, who, as history relates, invaded the southwest of Egypt and of Asia, WITH AN HOST OF A THOUSAND THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED CHARIOTS, an immense army, filled with the lust of conquest; AND... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEFEAT OF THE ETHIOPIANS... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the Valley of Zephathah, between Hebron and Ashdod, AT MARESHAH.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, he had the firm confidence that the almighty power of God was independent of the armed forces of man, no matter what their number was. HELP US, O LORD, OUR GOD;... [ Continue Reading ]
So the Lord, in answer to Asa's prayer, SMOTE THE ETHIOPIANS BEFORE ASA AND BEFORE JUDAH; AND THE ETHIOPIANS FLED.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar, the ancient Philistine city southeast of Gaza; AND THE ETHIOPIANS WERE OVERTHROWN THAT THEY COULD NOT RECOVER THEMSELVES, they fell beyond the hope of rallying their forces; FOR THEY WERE DESTROYED BEFORE THE LORD, broken like a piec... [ Continue Reading ]
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, the Philistines, as usual, probably having made common cause with the Cushites; FOR THE FEAR OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM, the inhabitants of this entire region. AND THEY SPOILED ALL THE CITIES; FOR THERE WAS EXCEEDING MUCH SPOIL IN THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
They smote also the tents of cattle, the herds of the nomad tribes in the northwestern part of Paran, bordering upon the Philistine country, AND CARRIED AWAY SHEEP AND CAMELS IN ABUNDANCE, AND RETURNED TO JERUSALEM. Those who trust in the Lord with all their heart shall never be ashamed, for His ble... [ Continue Reading ]