2 Chronicles 14 Footnotes

14:4 The Hebrew word for “instruction” includes the definite article, hatorah, “the Law,” and is very possibly one of the first references to the canonical books of Moses.

14:9 “One million” is probably hyperbole for “vast, uncountable.” An argument against this is the number of chariots (three hundred) which seems small for a “vast” army. Some suggest the number three hundred is somehow symbolic, but the symbolic meaning is not known. The point here is that, from a human and military standpoint, Asa and Judah were outmatched. Their subsequent victory against overwhelming odds was all the more evidence of the Lord’s action.