So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years. 1Ch 3:101Ki 14:311Ki 15:8-241Ki 2:102Ch 9:31Mat 1:7-8 Asa did that which was good and right in the LORD his God’s eyes, 1Ki 15:111Ki 15:142Ch 31:20Luk 1:75 for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, Deu 7:52Ki 23:14Exo 34:131Ki 15:12-142Ch 15:171Ki 11:7-81Ki 14:22-242Ch 34:4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to obey his law and command. 1Sa 3:132Ch 11:162Ch 29:212Ch 29:272Ch 29:302Ch 30:122Ch 30:192Ch 33:16 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. 2Ch 34:42Ch 34:7 He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because the LORD had given him rest. 2Ch 15:151Ch 22:92Ch 11:5-12Job 34:291Ki 5:42Ch 8:2-6Jdg 3:11Jdg 3:30 For he said to Judah, “Let’s build these cities and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered. 1Pe 3:122Ch 14:61Ch 28:9Jer 29:12-14Jhn 12:35-362Ch 14:42Ch 32:52Ch 8:5
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor. 2Ch 13:32Ch 11:12Ch 17:14-192Ch 25:5
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah. 2Ch 16:82Ch 11:82Ch 12:2-3Jos 15:442Ki 19:9Ezk 30:5Isa 8:9-10Mic 1:15 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. Jdg 1:17Jos 19:4 Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. LORD, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.” Jer 1:192Co 12:9-10Psa 22:5Psa 20:72Ch 13:14Rom 8:31Act 2:211Sa 14:6
So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 2Ch 13:151Co 15:571Co 9:26Deu 28:7Deu 32:39Exo 14:25Jos 10:10Psa 136:17-18 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover themselves, for they were destroyed before the LORD and before his army. Judah’s army carried away very much booty. Gen 10:19Gen 20:1Gen 26:12Ch 14:141Ch 12:221Sa 25:282Th 1:9Gen 10:1 They struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD came on them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. 2Ch 17:10Gen 35:52Ch 20:291Sa 14:152Ch 20:252Ki 7:162Ki 7:6-8Deu 2:25 They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem. 1Ch 4:411Ch 5:211Sa 30:20Num 31:30-47Num 31:9