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2 Chronicles 14
⁹ Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,
¹⁰ so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.
¹¹ 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!”
¹² So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.
¹³ 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.
¹⁴ 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.
¹⁵ They also attacked the camps of herdsmen and captured many sheep, goats, and camels before finally returning to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15
¹ Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded,
² and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
³ For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them.
⁴ But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him out, they found him.