14 Then Aviyah died, and they buried him with his ancestors in ‘The city of David’, and his son Asa reigned in his place. During his rule, the country was peaceful for ten years. 2 Asa did what was good and right in his god Yahweh’s eyes—3 he removed the pagan altars and the hilltop shrines, smashed the sacred stone pillars, and cut the Asherah poles down. 4 He ordered the people in Yehudah (Judah) to worship Yahweh, their ancestors’ god, and to obey his instructions and regulations. 5 He removed all the hilltop shrines from Yehudah’s cities, and also the incense altars, and the kingdom was peaceful under his rule. 6 He fortified Yehudah’s cities, as the place was quiet without war during those years, because Yahweh had given him peace, 7 and he’d told Yehudah, “Let’s build these cities with walls around them, and towers, doors, and bars, while the land’s quiet around us, because we’ve asked our god Yahweh for guidance. We’ve made our request, and he’s given us rest on all our borders.” So they built and they prospered. 8 King Asa had an army of three-hundred thousand men from Yehudah who carried large shields and spears, as well as 280,000 men from Benyamin who also carried shields, along with bows and arrows. They were all powerful warriors.