2 Chronicles 14:12

12 So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chronicles 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 14:12

So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah,
&c.] With consternation and terror; they were thrown into a panic:

and the Ethiopians fled;
before them, just as Jeroboam and Israel had, as related in the preceding chapter, ( 2 Chronicles 13:15 2 Chronicles 13:16 ) .

2 Chronicles 14:12 In-Context

10 Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

11 Asa cried to the Lord his God, "O Lord, there is no difference for you between helping the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let no mortal prevail against you."

12 So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

13 Asa and the army with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until no one remained alive; for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The people of Judah carried away a great quantity of booty.

14 They defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord was on them. They plundered all the cities; for there was much plunder in them.

Footnotes

• [a] Or [Nubians]; Heb [Cushites]
• [b] Or [Nubians]; Heb [Cushites]