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-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elohim (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-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of 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-Yehovah (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-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elohim (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-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and said, LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), [it is] nothing with youⁱ to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; for we rest on youⁱ, and in youⁱ name we go against this multitude. O LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), youⁱ [are] our God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; let not man prevail against youⁱ. 12So the LORD-Yehovah (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-Yehovah (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-Yehovah (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].