In Hebrew texts 14:1 is numbered 13:23, and 14:2-15 is numbered 14:1-14. 1And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years.
Asa King of Judah
2Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. 3He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.14:3 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 2 Chronicles 4He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his laws and commands. 5He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him. 6He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.
7“Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
8Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.
9Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. 10Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
11Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
12The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, 13and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder. 14They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there. 15They also attacked the camps of the herders and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
亞撒王擊敗古實人
1亞比雅與祖先同眠後，葬在大衛城，他兒子亞撒繼位。亞撒執政期間，國中太平十年。 2亞撒做他的上帝耶和華看為好、視為正的事， 3拆除外族的祭壇和邱壇，打碎神柱，砍倒亞舍拉神像， 4命令猶大人尋求他們祖先的上帝耶和華，遵行祂的律法和誡命。 5他除掉猶大各城邑的邱壇和香壇，那時國家在他的治理下太平無事。 6他還在猶大修築堅城，那些年國中太平，沒有戰事，因為耶和華賜他平安。 7他對猶大人說：「我們要修築城邑，在四周建造城牆和望樓，裝置大門和門閂。我們仍擁有這片土地，是因為我們尋求我們的上帝耶和華；我們尋求祂，祂就賜我們四境平安。」於是，他們修築城邑，凡事順利。 8亞撒的軍隊中有三十萬持大盾牌和矛槍的猶大人，二十八萬持小盾牌和弓箭的便雅憫人。他們都是英勇的戰士。
9古實王謝拉率領一百萬大軍和三百輛戰車攻打猶大，到了瑪利沙。 10亞撒出兵迎敵，雙方在瑪利沙的洗法谷擺開陣勢。 11亞撒呼求他的上帝耶和華說：「耶和華啊，唯有你才能幫助弱小的勝過強大的。我們的上帝耶和華啊，求你幫助我們，因為我們依靠你，奉你的名迎戰這大軍。耶和華啊，你是我們的上帝，不要讓人勝過你。」
12於是，耶和華使古實人敗在亞撒和猶大人面前，古實人潰逃。 13亞撒率領軍隊乘勝追擊，直追到基拉耳。古實人在耶和華和祂的軍兵面前大敗，傷亡慘重，一蹶不振。猶大人擄走了許多財物， 14攻陷了基拉耳四周的城邑，因為這些城裡的人都懼怕耶和華。他們洗劫各城，因為城中有大量財物。 15他們毀壞牲畜的棚圈，搶走許多羊和駱駝，然後返回耶路撒冷。
