1 Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Adonai his God.
2 He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
3 He commanded Judah to seek Adonai, the God of their fathers, and to obey the Torah and the mitzvah.
4 He also removed the high places and the incense stands out of all the cities of Judah. So the kingdom remained untroubled under him.
5 He built up fortified cities in Judah, for the land was untroubled and he was not engaged in warfare during those years because Adonai had given him rest.