2. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
3. for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;
4. and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
5. Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6. And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
7. For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; 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.