Abijah died and his son Asa succeeded him as king and reigned for 10 peaceful years. Asa lived correctly before God and destroyed all aspects of paganism in Judah whilst also building up its fortified cities. Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah and 280,000 from Benjamin. Then the Cushites marched against Judah with an enormous army including 300 chariots, so Asa called to the Lord for his help saying they relied on God as they faced such a vast army. So the Lord struck down the Cushites and the people of God pursued them as they fled as far as Gerar killing a great number of them on the way. Thus the men of Judah obtained a great deal of plunder destroying and looting all the villages around Gerar, and capturing droves of sheep, goats and camels.
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