2 Chronicles 14:14

14 They devastated all the towns around Gerar whose people were helpless, paralyzed by the fear of God, and looted the country.

2 Chronicles 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:14

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar
The cities of the Philistines, who were auxiliaries and confederates with these Ethiopians, and colonies from them, according to Theodoret, and who says, about Eleutheropolis was a place, called, in his time, Geraron Saton:

for the fear of the Lord came upon them;
so that they had no power to defend themselves, and oppose the men of Judah:

and they spoiled all the cities;
of the goods and substance that were in them:

for there was exceeding much spoil in them;
great wealth and riches of one kind or another.

2 Chronicles 14:14 In-Context

12 God defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; the Ethiopians ran for their lives.

13 Asa and his men chased them as far as Gerar; so many of the Ethiopians were killed that there was no fight left in them - a massacre before God and his troops; Judah carted off loads of plunder.

14 They devastated all the towns around Gerar whose people were helpless, paralyzed by the fear of God, and looted the country.

15 They also attacked herdsmen and brought back a lot of sheep and camels to Jerusalem.