6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him arest.
7 Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, 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 has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried1 shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew abows; all these were mighty men of bvalor.
9 aThen Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to bMareshah.
10 So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa acried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, it is bnothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You, and cin Your name we go against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!”
12 So the Lord astruck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
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