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'Let us rebuild these towns,' he told Judah, 'let us surround them with wall and tower, with gate and bar while the country is still ours, for we have sought Yahweh our God and he has sought us and given us peace all around.' They built and prospered. (2 Chronicles 14, 6)
Asa then called on Yahweh his God and said, 'Yahweh, numbers and strength make no difference to you when you give your help. Help us, Yahweh our God, for, relying on you, we are confronting this horde in your name. Yahweh, you are our God. Human strength cannot prevail against you!' (2 Chronicles 14, 10)
and Asa pursued them with his army as far as Gerar. So many of the Cushites fell that they were unable to survive. They were cut to pieces by Yahweh and his army. They carried off a great deal of booty, (2 Chronicles 14, 12)
They also routed the cattle-owners and carried off great numbers of sheep and camels; then they returned to Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 14, 14)
but when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, God of Israel, and sought him, he let them find him. (2 Chronicles 15, 4)
In those times there was no security for people as they went about their business, but great unrest affecting the inhabitants of all countries, (2 Chronicles 15, 5)
So be strong, do not be discouraged, for your deeds will be rewarded.' (2 Chronicles 15, 7)
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy, he took courage and removed the abominable idols throughout the land of Judah and Benjamin as well as from the towns which he had captured in the highlands of Ephraim, and repaired the altar of Yahweh which stood in front of the portico of Yahweh. (2 Chronicles 15, 8)
King Asa even deprived his mother Maacah of the dignity of Great Lady for having made an obscenity for Asherah; Asa cut down her obscenity, smashed it and burnt it in the ravine of the Kidron. (2 Chronicles 15, 16)
Asa then took silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of Yahweh and the royal palace and sent this with the following message to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, (2 Chronicles 16, 2)
'Let us make an alliance between me and you, between my father and your father! Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Come, break off your alliance with Baasha king of Israel, which will make him withdraw from me.' (2 Chronicles 16, 3)
Ben-Hadad listened favourably to King Asa and sent the generals of his armies to attack the towns of Israel; he ravaged Ijon, Dan, Abel-Maim and all the storage towns of Naphtali. (2 Chronicles 16, 4)
