2 Chronicles 14:10

10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
ESV
10 And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
NLT
10 so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.
MSG
10 Asa met him there and prepared to fight from the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
CSB
10 So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:10

Then Asa went out against him
Notwithstanding he brought so great an army with him:

and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at
Mareshah;
where the Ethiopians were; he did not stay till they got further into his country, but marched against them when on the frontiers of it, and chose the valley to pitch in, as being more to the advantage of his smaller army; see ( Judges 1:17 ) .

2 Chronicles 14:10 In-Context

8 Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.
9 Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
11 Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
12 The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
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