{"id":1214,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch14\/"},"modified":"2020-03-08T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T14:00:03","slug":"2ch14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch14\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Chronicles 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 14<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Asa did <span class=\"add\">that which was<\/span> good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For he took away the altars of the strange <span class=\"add\">gods,<\/span> and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> walls, and towers, gates, and bars, <span class=\"add\">while<\/span> the land <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought <span class=\"add\">him,<\/span> and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Asa had an army <span class=\"add\">of men<\/span> that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> mighty men of valour. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, <span class=\"add\">it is<\/span> nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> our God; let not man prevail against thee.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Asa and the people that <span class=\"add\">were<\/span> with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>2 Chronicles Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/2ch36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 1\u00a0So 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. 2\u00a0And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3\u00a0For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4\u00a0And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5\u00a0Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6\u00a0And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. 7\u00a0Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, 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 hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8\u00a0And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, 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 men of valour. 9\u00a0And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 10\u00a0Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11\u00a0And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3866,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions\/3866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}