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2 Chronicles 14:8-15

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Judah defeats Cush

8 Asa had an army of three hundred thousand Judeans armed with body-sized shields and spears and another two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin armed with small shields and bows. All were brave warriors.
9 Zerah the Cushite marched against him with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots. When he got as far as Mareshah,
10 Asa marched against him, setting up for battle in a valley north of Mareshah.
11 Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, "LORD, only you can help the weak against the powerful. Help us, LORD our God, because we rely on you and we have marched against this multitude in your name. You are the LORD our God. Don't let a mere human stand against you!"
12 So the LORD struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
13 Asa and his troops chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until there were no survivors. They were completely crushed by the LORD and his army, who carried off a huge amount of loot,
14 and attacked all the cities surrounding Gerar who were terrified of the LORD. They plundered all these cities as well because there was a great amount of loot in them.
15 They also attacked the herdsmen's camps, taking many sheep and camels before returning to Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 14:8-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 14

This chapter relates the death of Abijah, and the succession of Asa in his stead, 2Ch 14:1, gives a good character of the latter for his reformation in religion, and for the care he took for the safety and protection of his subjects, 2Ch 14:2-8, and an account is given of a large army of Ethiopians that came against him, over whom he crying to the Lord, and trusting in him, by his help obtained a complete victory, 2Ch 14:9-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 2

  • [a] LXX; MT an otherwise unknown Zephathah Valley
  • [b] Heb uncertain; or it is not with you to help between the many and the powerless.
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