From: "FamilyNet" 

Bible Reading for September 04

2 Chronicles 14
[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] And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
[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: [4] And commanded Judah
to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the
commandment.
[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. [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. [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. [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.
[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. [10]
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the
valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
[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. [12]
So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the
Ethiopians fled.
[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.
[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.
[15] They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels
in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 15
[1] And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: [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.
[3] Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law. [4] But when they in their
trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found
of them.
[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.
[6] And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex
them with all adversity.
[7] Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
[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. [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. [10] So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the
third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. [11] And they
offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought,
seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. [12] And they entered into a
covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and
with all their soul; [13] That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of
Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or
woman. [14] And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
[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. [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. [17] But the high places were not taken away
out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. [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. [19] And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of
the reign of Asa.

2 Chronicles 16
[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] 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 Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus,
saying,
[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. [4] And
Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies
against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim,
and all the store cities of Naphtali. [5] And it came to pass, when Baasha
heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[11] And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in
the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. [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. [13] And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and
fortieth year of his reign.
[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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