1. And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.
2. And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,
3. and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
4. and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;
5. and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
6. And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Jehovah hath given rest to him.
7. And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.