# It came about that

This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# he stopped building up Ramah, and let his work cease

Here Asa represents himself and his army. "his work" refers to other work that his workers were doing in Ramah. AT: "he commanded his army to stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# building up ... to build up

"fortifying ... to fortify"