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.
亚撒王击败古实人
1亚比雅与祖先同眠后，葬在大卫城，他儿子亚撒继位。亚撒执政期间，国中太平十年。 2亚撒做他的上帝耶和华看为好、视为正的事， 3拆除外族的祭坛和丘坛，打碎神柱，砍倒亚舍拉神像， 4命令犹大人寻求他们祖先的上帝耶和华，遵行祂的律法和诫命。 5他除掉犹大各城邑的丘坛和香坛，那时国家在他的治理下太平无事。 6他还在犹大修筑坚城，那些年国中太平，没有战事，因为耶和华赐他平安。 7他对犹大人说：“我们要修筑城邑，在四周建造城墙和望楼，装置大门和门闩。我们仍拥有这片土地，是因为我们寻求我们的上帝耶和华；我们寻求祂，祂就赐我们四境平安。”于是，他们修筑城邑，凡事顺利。 8亚撒的军队中有三十万持大盾牌和矛枪的犹大人，二十八万持小盾牌和弓箭的便雅悯人。他们都是英勇的战士。
9古实王谢拉率领一百万大军和三百辆战车攻打犹大，到了玛利沙。 10亚撒出兵迎敌，双方在玛利沙的洗法谷摆开阵势。 11亚撒呼求他的上帝耶和华说：“耶和华啊，唯有你才能帮助弱小的胜过强大的。我们的上帝耶和华啊，求你帮助我们，因为我们依靠你，奉你的名迎战这大军。耶和华啊，你是我们的上帝，不要让人胜过你。”
12于是，耶和华使古实人败在亚撒和犹大人面前，古实人溃逃。 13亚撒率领军队乘胜追击，直追到基拉耳。古实人在耶和华和祂的军兵面前大败，伤亡惨重，一蹶不振。犹大人掳走了许多财物， 14攻陷了基拉耳四周的城邑，因为这些城里的人都惧怕耶和华。他们洗劫各城，因为城中有大量财物。 15他们毁坏牲畜的棚圈，抢走许多羊和骆驼，然后返回耶路撒冷。
