From: "FamilyNet"
Bible Reading for September 04
2 Chronicles 14
[1] So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet
ten years.
[2] And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
[3] For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and
brake down the images, and cut down the groves: [4] And commanded Judah to
seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
[5] Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the
images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. [6] And he built fenced cities
in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the
LORD had given him rest. [7] Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these
cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land
is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him,
and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. [8] And
Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three
hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two
hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
[9] And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a
thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. [10]
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley
of Zephathah at Mareshah.
[11] And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with
thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O
LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. [12] So
the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians
fled.
[13] And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and
the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for
they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried
away very much spoil.
[14] And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD
came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much
spoil in them.
[15] They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in
abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15
[1] And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: [2] And he went
out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he
will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
[3] Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a
teaching priest, and without law. [4] But when they in their trouble did turn
unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
[5] And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him
that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
countries.
[6] And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them
with all adversity.
[7] Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
[8] And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he
took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah
and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and
renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. [9] And
he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim
and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in
abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. [10] So they
gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth
year of the reign of Asa. [11] And they offered unto the LORD the same time,
of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand
sheep. [12] And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their
fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; [13] That whosoever
would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or
great, whether man or woman. [14] And they sware unto the LORD with a loud
voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
[15] And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their
heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and
the LORD gave them rest round about. [16] And also concerning Maachah the
mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made
an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at
the brook Kidron. [17] But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. [18] And he brought
into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he
himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. [19] And there was no
more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles 16
[1] In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel
came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none
go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. [2] Then Asa brought out silver and
gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house,
and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
[3] There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and
thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league
with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. [4] And Ben-hadad
hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the
cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the
store cities of Naphtali. [5] And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that
he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
[6] Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of
Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built
therewith Geba and Mizpah.
[7] And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto
him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD
thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
[8] Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered
them into thine hand.
[9] For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to
shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have
wars.
[10] Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he
was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the
people the same time.
[11] And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the
book of the kings of Judah and Israel. [12] And Asa in the thirty and ninth
year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding
great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
[13] And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of
his reign.
[14] And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself
in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet
odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they
made a very great burning for him.
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