And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with you to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on you, and in your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.
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(b) leaving their suburbs, and their possessions, and passing to Juda, and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam had cast them of, and their posterity: that they should not execute the priesthood of our Lord.
(b) A Worthy example to suffer temporal damage rather then to conform themselves to the practice of false religion.
Help. Hebrew, "to help; whether with many, or with those who have no power. "The same sentiment was expressed by Jonathas, 1 Kings xiv. 6. Those who have God with them are secure of victory. (Calmet)
If God be with us, who is against us?