And he fortified the strongholds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of Jehovah that was before the porch of Jehovah.