Verse 7
2 Chronicles 14:7
GOD'S WORD Translation
7
For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God (Elohim). We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י לְ/אָסָ֗א חַיִל֮ נֹשֵׂ֣א צִנָּ֣ה וָ/רֹמַח֒ מִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֶ֔לֶף וּ/מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֗ן נֹשְׂאֵ֤י מָגֵן֙ וְ/דֹ֣רְכֵי קֶ֔שֶׁת מָאתַ֥יִם וּ/שְׁמוֹנִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף כָּל אֵ֖לֶּה גִּבּ֥וֹרֵי חָֽיִל
English Translation
And Asa had an army of 300,000 who carried shields and spears from Judah, and 280,000 who carried shields and were archers from Benjamin; all these were mighty men of valor.
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Chapter 14 Context
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So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in hi...
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Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God (Elohim)’s eyes;
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for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Ashera...
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and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, and to obey his law and comma...
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Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom...
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He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, becaus...
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7
For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, an...
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Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred...
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9
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariot...
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Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Maresh...
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12
So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
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13
Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and so many of the Ethiopians fell that...
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