diff --git a/content/bible_journal/2chronicles/14:1-15.md b/content/bible_journal/2chronicles/14:1-15.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8733483 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/2chronicles/14:1-15.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ ++++ +title = "2 Chronicles 14:1–15" +date = "2025-01-25" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles14.1-15) + +Abijah's son Asa succeeds him as king of Judah. +The theme verse of his reign would be _v. 2_: "And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God." +In particular, he removed the places of idol worship and encouraged the people to seek after the Lord. +Because of this, the Lord blessed Judah and gave it peace for the first ten years of Asa's reign. +During that time, he built fortified cities and built up the army to be ready when they were needed. + +As in Abijah's reign, when Judah was outnumbered 2 to 1 by Israel, Zerah the Ethiopian invades Judah with an army almost twice its size. +In the face of this threat, Asa realizes that his only recourse is to seek help from the Lord. +The Lord graciously gave help and fought the Ethiopian army for Judah, and they pursued them and completely routed them, all the way to Gerar. +Judah was able to take the Ethiopian army supplies and also plundered the cities surrounding Gerar because "the fear of the Lord was upon them." (_v. 14_) + +* * * + +You help the poor and needy in the time of trouble, and You provide strength to the humble.