2 Chronicles 14:9

Then came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with a force of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots,—and he came as far as Mareshah.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

In Context

8And it came to pass that, Asa, had a force bearing shield and spear, out of Judah, three hundred thousand, and, out of Benjamin, such as bare a buckler and trode a bow, two hundred and eighty thousand,—all these, were heroes of valour.

10And Asa went out to meet him,—and they set in array for battle, in the valley of Zaphonah, at Mareshah.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:9And when he heard say of Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, saying, Lo! he hath come forth to fight with thee,—then he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying—

2 Chronicles 12:2And so it came to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,—because they had dealt treacherously against Yahweh;—

Isaiah 8:9Rage, O ye peoples,—and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth,—Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:

Micah 1:15The time shall yet be when, the heir, I will bring unto thee, O inhabitress of Mareshah,—as far as Adullam, shall enter the glory of Israel.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 14:2-9

Asa King of Judah. ( b. c. 955.) 1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of… Read the whole commentary →

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