1So 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.stylus1 Kings 15:8, 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Chronicles 3:10, 1 Kings 14:31, 1 Kings 2:102And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:stylus1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 15:11, 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 15:14, Luke 1:753For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:stylusDeuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:5, Exodus 34:13, 2 Kings 23:14, Exodus 34:134And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.stylusNehemiah 10:29, Nehemiah 10:39, 1 Samuel 3:13, 2 Chronicles 29:27, Amos 5:45Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.stylus2 Chronicles 34:4, 2 Chronicles 34:4, 2 Chronicles 34:7, 2 Chronicles 34:76And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 15:15, 2 Chronicles 15:15, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 2 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 11:127Therefore 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.stylus1 Peter 3:12, 1 Peter 3:12, 2 Chronicles 14:6, 2 Chronicles 14:6, Jeremiah 29:128And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:199And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.stylus2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Joshua 15:44, 2 Chronicles 11:8, 2 Chronicles 12:210Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.stylusJudges 1:17, Judges 1:17, Joshua 19:4, Joshua 19:411And 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 not man prevail against thee.stylus2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Jeremiah 1:19, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:1012So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.stylus2 Chronicles 13:15, 2 Chronicles 13:15, Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 60:1213And 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.stylusGenesis 10:19, Genesis 10:19, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 20:114And 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.stylus2 Chronicles 17:10, 2 Chronicles 17:10, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 35:5, 2 Chronicles 20:2915They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.stylusNumbers 31:30, Numbers 31:47, 1 Chronicles 4:41, 1 Chronicles 5:21, Numbers 31:9