2 Chronicles 14:9

2 Chronicles 14:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
• New International Version (NIV)Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

Context of 2 Chronicles 14:9

7Asa said to Judah's people, ‘We should build these towns and make them stronger. We must put walls around them, with towers and strong gates. Judah still belongs to us because we have obeyed the Lord our God. He has made us safe from our enemies all around us.’ So the people made these towns strong. Everything went well for them. 8Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They carried big shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin's tribe. Those men carried small shields and they could shoot arrows with their bows. They were all brave soldiers who could fight well. A man from Ethiopia called Zerah marched out to attack Judah. He had a very big army of a million soldiers and 300 chariots. When he reached Mareshah, 10Asa went out to fight against him. The two armies prepared to fight a battle in Zephathah valley, near Mareshah. 11Then Asa called out to the Lord his God to help him. He prayed, ‘There is nobody like you Lord. You have power to help a few weak people against many strong people. Help us, Lord our God, because we trust you. We want people to give honour to your name. That is why we have come to fight against this large army. Lord, you are our God. You cannot let these men win against you.’

2 Chronicles 14:9 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֨א אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם זֶ֣רַח הַכּוּשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֙יִל֙ אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִ֔ים וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־מָרֵשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And there came outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• against them Zerahזֶ֫רַחzerach · ZerahH2226
• the Ethiopianכּוּשִׁיkûshîy · EthiopianH3569
• with an hostחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• of a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmar'êshâh marêshâh · MareshahH4762

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 14:9

• 2 Chronicles 12:2They did not serve the Lord in a faithful way. Because of that, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 16:8The armies of Ethiopia and Libya were very large. They had lots of chariots and soldiers who rode on horses. But you trusted the Lord when they attacked you, and he put them under your power.
• 2 Kings 19:9Then the king of Assyria heard a report about Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia. People told him, ‘He has brought his army from Ethiopia to fight against you.’ When the king of Assyria heard that news, he sent another message to Hezekiah in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 8:9You foreign nations must listen to this! Join together to fight. Shout as you go to battle. But you will never win! You people from countries that are far away, get ready for war. But you will be completely destroyed!
• Ezekiel 30:5Soldiers from other nations will also die in the battle. They are soldiers from Ethiopia, Put, Lydia, Libya, and Arabia, as well as men who belong to my own people.
• Revelation 16:14Those bad spirits are the spirits of demons. They had the power to do miracles. They went to all the rulers in the whole world, to bring them together to fight in a big war. That war will happen on the great day of God, who has all power and authority.
• Joshua 15:44Keilah, Aczib and Mareshah. There were nine towns with their villages.
• Micah 1:15People in Mareshah, I (God) will bring an army against you, to fight your town. And it will win. And Israel's leaders will need to hide at Adullam.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Zerah the Ethiopian - Probably of that Ethiopia which lay on the south of Egypt, near to Libya, and therefore the Libyans are joined with them, 2 Chronicles 16:8. A thousand thousand - If this people had come from any great distance, they could not have had forage for such an immense army.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Zerah the Ethiopian is probably Usarken (Osorkon) II, the third king of Egypt after Shishak, according to the Egyptian monuments. Osorkon II may have been by birth an Ethiopian, for he was the son-in-law, not the son, of the preceding monarch, and reigned in right of his wife. The object of the expedition would be to bring Judaea once more under the Egyptian yoke. An host of a thousand thousand - This is the largest collected army of which we hear in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-14Solomon prayed for the Lord to hear his people when they went into battle (2 Chronicles 6:34). In the battle against Zerah, God answered this prayer. The term Cushite might refer to someone from southern Egypt (Nubia) or a Midianite area northeast of Aqabah (see Numbers 12:1; Habakkuk 3:7). However, several things suggest that Zerah was Egyptian: The mention of Libya in 2 Chronicles 16:8 The battle's size (similar to Shishak's attack on Rehoboam in 2…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian--This could not have been from Ethiopia south of the cataracts of the Nile, for in the reign of Osorkon I, successor of Shishak, no foreign army would have been allowed a free passage through Egypt. Zerah must, therefore, have been chief of the Cushites, or Ethiopians of Arabia, as they were evidently a nomad horde who had a settlement of tents and cattle in the neighborhood of Gerar. a thousand thousand…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 14:9

• Ethiopia
• Mareshah
• Zerah

In the dictionaries

• Ethiopian
• Ethiopia, Ethiopian
• Zerah (the Ethiopian)
• Mareshah
• Quiet
• Zephathah
• Zerah
• Army
• Chronicles, Books of
• Egypt

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings