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And Abijah lay with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

And Asa did the good and the right in the eyes of Jehovah his God.

And he removed the altars of the alien, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherahs.

And he commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the commandment.

And he removed the high places and the images out of all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was quiet before him.

And he built fenced cities in Judah, for the land had quiet. And there was no war with him in these years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and walls around them , and towers, two leaved gates, and bars, while the land is before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God.We have sought, and He has given rest to usall around. And they built and prospered.