14:014:011 And Asa cried unto the lord his God,
and said, lord, it is
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
art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
14:014:012 So the lord smote the Ethiopians before
Asa, and before Judah;
and
the Ethiopians fled.
14:014:013 And Asa and the people that were 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.
14:014:014 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.
14:014:015 They smote also the tents of cattle, and
carried away sheep
and
camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
14:015:001 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
14:015:002 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto
him, Hear ye me,
Asa,
and all Judah and Benjamin; The lord is with you,
while
ye
be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of
you;
but
if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
14:015:003 Now for a long season Israel hath been
without the true God,
and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
14:015:004 But when they in their trouble did turn
unto the lord God of
Israel,
and sought him, he was found of them.
14:015:005 And in those times there was no peace to
him that went out,
nor
to him that came in, but great vexations were upon
all the
inhabitants
of the countries.
14:015:006 And nation was destroyed of nation, and
city of city: for God
did
vex them with all adversity.
14:015:007 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your
hands be weak: for
your
work shall be rewarded.
14:015:008 And when Asa heard these words, and the
prophecy of Oded the
prophet,
he took courage, and put away the abominable idols
out
of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the
cities
which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed
the
altar
of the lord, that was before the porch of the
lord.
14:015:009 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin,
and the strangers with
them
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon:
for they
fell
to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that
the
lord
his God was with him.


