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Ärende: Bible Reading for September 4
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bob.hoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 14
2 Chronicles 14:1
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 Chronicles 14:2
2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 2
Chronicles 14:3
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: 2 Chronicles 14:4
4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law
and the commandment.
2 Chronicles 14:5
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. 2 Chronicles 14:6
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. 2 Chronicles 14:7
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. 2 Chronicles 14:8
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.
2 Chronicles 14:9
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. 2
Chronicles 14:10
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the
valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 14:11
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. 2 Chronicles
14:12
12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 14:13
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.
2 Chronicles 14:14
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.
2 Chronicles 14:15
15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in
abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. CHAPTER 15
2 Chronicles 15:1
1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 Chronicles 15:2
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.
2 Chronicles 15:3
3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a
teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles 15:4
4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and
sought him, he was found of them.
2 Chronicles 15:5
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.
2 Chronicles 15:6
6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them
with all adversity.
2 Chronicles 15:7
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall
be rewarded.
2 Chronicles 15:8
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.
2 Chronicles 15:9
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. 2 Chronicles
15:10
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the
fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 2 Chronicles 15:11
11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had
brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 2 Chronicles 15:12
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with
all their heart and with all their soul; 2 Chronicles 15:13
13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death,
whether small or great, whether man or woman. 2 Chronicles 15:14
14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with
trumpets, and with cornets.
2 Chronicles 15:15
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. 2 Chronicles 15:16
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. 2 Chronicles 15:17
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the
heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 2 Chronicles 15:18
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. 2
Chronicles 15:19
19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of
Asa.
CHAPTER 16
2 Chronicles 16:1
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 Chronicles 16:2
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 Benhadad king of Syria,  that dwelt 
at Damascus,  saying,
2 Chronicles 16:3
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. 2 Chronicles 16:4
4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies
against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and
all the store  cities  of Naphtali. 2 Chronicles 16:5
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of
Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles 16:6
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.
2 Chronicles 16:7
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.
2 Chronicles 16:8
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.
2 Chronicles 16:9
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.
2 Chronicles 16:10
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.
2 Chronicles 16:11
11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the
book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 2 Chronicles 16:12
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. 2 Chronicles 16:13
13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his
reign.
2 Chronicles 16:14
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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