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2 Chronicles 14:1–8, “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. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 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. 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. 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.”
After Abijah died, his son Asa succeeded to the throne of Judah. He was a godly man and made every effort to keep Judah following the Law of the Lord. Often the general population would support the public worship of the Lord but they would have their own secret altars at home, on a nearby hill or beside the local creek. This is similar to a person, today, going to church and checking the Astrologer in the newspaper every day as well. Asa understood that this private, secret worship actually took the religious strength away from the nation as a whole so he made an effort to stamp out all this private worship and make sure that the nation followed the Lord alone. The Lord blessed Asa and he prospered as king, both locally and internationally.
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