Asa is the reverse of Rehoboam. Not only because he destroyed the relics of polytheism and idolatry in Israel, but because he built up the towns in peace time...seemingly for their own good, not for military might.
Asa was given ten years of peace, a reward perhaps for his adherence to God's covenant. But he did go to war. Maybe it was after the ten years of peace, or during it. Zerah the Cushite amassed what was called a vast army and marched on Israel. Asa called on the LORD for protection, and it was the LORD who wiped out the Cushite army. Did he do any actual fighting? I don't know. How did the LORD wipe out the Cushites? Fire from heaven? Did He strike them dead where they stood? Whatever happened must have been devastating, as it caused a severely outnumbering army to flee in terror.
Asa and his men pursued them as they fled. The Bible says many Cushites fell at the hands of the LORD and "his forces." Were those forces "the army of the LORD?" Angels? Or did Asa and his army have the qualifications to be the LORD's forces?
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