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2 Chronicles 14:1-15

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title = "2 Chronicles 14:1–15"
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### [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 <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps">Lord</span> 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_)
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You help the poor and needy in the time of trouble, and You provide strength to the humble.