¹So Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David [beloved] : and Asa [healer; injurious?] his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

²And Asa [healer; injurious?] did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] :

³For he took away the altars of the strange [gods] , and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves:

⁴And commanded Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] to seek the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] f their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

⁶And he built fenced cities in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] : for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had given him rest.

⁷Therefore he said unto Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , 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 -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , we have sought [him] , and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

⁸And Asa [healer; injurious?] had an army [of men] that bore targets and spears, out of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] three hundred thousand; and out of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] , that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [were] mighty men of valour.

⁹And there came out against them Zerach [Rising] the Cushi (Ethiopian) with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah [Crest of a Hill] .

¹⁰Then Asa [healer; injurious?] went out against him, and they set the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) in the valley of Tz’fat [watch-tower] at Mareshah [Crest of a Hill] .

¹¹And Asa [healer; injurious?] cried unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , and said, Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , [it is] nothing with youi to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ; for we rest on youi , and in youi name we go against this multitude. O Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , youi [are] our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] ; let not man prevail against youi .

¹²So the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) struck the Cushi [Ethiopians] before Asa [healer; injurious?] , and before Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] ; and the Cushi [Ethiopians] fled.

¹³And Asa [healer; injurious?] and the people that [were] with him pursued them unto Gera [A Grain] r: and the Cushi [Ethiopians] were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil (plunder; prey; booty) .

¹⁴And they struck all the cities round about Gera [A Grain] r; for the fear of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil (plunder; prey; booty) in them.

¹⁵They struck also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .