6. Then King Asa gathered men from throughout Judah and ordered them to carry off the stones and timber that Baasha had been using at Ramah, and they used them to fortify the cities of Geba and Mizpah.
7. At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said, “Because you relied on the king of Syria instead of relying on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Israel has escaped from you.
8. Didn't the Ethiopians and the Libyans have large armies with many chariots and horsemen? But because you relied on the Lord, he gave you victory over them.