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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 Lamsa Bible</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="../">Lamsa</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></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 for ten years.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>And Asa did that which was good and right in the presence of the LORD his God; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>For he demolished the altars of the strange gods and the shrines, and broke down the images and cut down the groves; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And he said to Judah, Come, let us pray before the LORD God of our fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Also he uprooted out of all the cities of Judah the shrines on the high places and the idols; and his kingdom was quiet in his days, and he had no enemies on all his borders. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And he built fenced cities in Judah; for the land had rest, and there was no one who made war against him in those years, because the LORD had given him rest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore he said to Judah, Come, let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is still quiet of wars; because we have sought the LORD our God, and he also has sought us and he has given us rest from all those who are round about us, and has comforted us and delivered us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>And Asa had an army of mighty men of valour that bore swords and spears out of the tribe of Judah, three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore breastplate and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a large army of a million men and thirty thousand chariots, and came to Mareshah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Asa went out against him, and he fought against him in the valley of Mareshah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And Asa prayed before the LORD his God and said, Thou art our LORD, thou art the help of thy people; and when thou dost deliver a great army in the hands of a small force, then all the inhabitants of the earth shall know that it is good to rely on thee; help us, O LORD our God, because in thy name we have come against this great army. O LORD our God, delay not thy might from us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And when Asa had finished praying, the angel of the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gedar; and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not be numbered: for they were defeated before the LORD and before his armies; and they took and carried away very much spoil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And they smote all the cities round about Gedar, for the fear of the LORD came upon them; and they plundered all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/14-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>They also carried away the tents of the Arabians and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and brought them to Jerusalem.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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