He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

The <sc>Lordsc> sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.<n id="1" /> They warned<n id="2" /> the people, but they would not pay attention.

Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them;<n id="1" /> 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.<n id="2" />

He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in &#8220;The Sea.&#8221;p>

They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the <sc>Lordsc> caused them to panic.<n id="1" /> The men of Judah<n id="2" /> looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.<n id="3" />

King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah.<n id="1" /> He used the materials to build up<n id="2" /> Geba and Mizpah.p>

Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming!<n id="1" /> When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands.<n id="2" /> They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

Jehoshaphat and his men<n id="1" /> went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing<n id="2" /> and valuable items. They carried away everything they could.<n id="3" /> There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off.<n id="4" />p>

The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the <sc>Lordsc> responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.<n id="1" />