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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Chronicles 14 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 2 Chronicles 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/13.htm" title="2 Chronicles 13">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 14 <a href="../2_chronicles/15.htm" title="2 Chronicles 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_chronicles/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Early Years of Asa’s Reign</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>When Abijah died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king. There was peace in the land for ten years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>Asa did what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He removed the foreign altars and the pagan shrines. He smashed the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Asa also removed the pagan shrines, as well as the incense altars from every one of Judah’s towns. So Asa’s kingdom enjoyed a period of peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>During those peaceful years, he was able to build up the fortified towns throughout Judah. No one tried to make war against him at this time, for the LORD was giving him rest from his enemies.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Asa told the people of Judah, “Let us build towns and fortify them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the LORD our God, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they went ahead with these projects and brought them to completion.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Once an Ethiopian<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the LORD and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>While they were at Gerar, they attacked all the towns in that area, and terror from the LORD came upon the people there. As a result, a vast amount of plunder was taken from these towns, too. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They also attacked the camps of herdsmen and captured many sheep, goats, and camels before finally returning to Jerusalem.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:1 </span><span class="ft">Verse 14:1 is numbered 13:23 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:2 </span><span class="ft">Verses 14:2-15 are numbered 14:1-14 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:9a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a Cushite.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:9b </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">an army of thousands and thousands;</span><span class="ft"> Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">an army of a thousand thousands.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:10 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">14:12 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Cushites;</span><span class="ft"> also in 14:13.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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