Asa Reigns over Judah
14 So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.
Asa Reigns in Judah
2 Asa did
what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, 3 for he removed the altars of the foreign
gods and the [
a]high places, and broke down the
sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. 4 He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment. 5 He also removed the [
b]high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him. 6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him rest. 7 Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around
them, 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 has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.