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Read Full Chapter (2 Chronicles 14) 2 Chronicles 14:5-6 KJV
"Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 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."
2 Chronicles 14:5-6 in Context (Verses 2–9 KJV)
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And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
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For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:*
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And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
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Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.*
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¶ 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.
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Therefore 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.
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And 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.
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¶ And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.