2 Chronicles 14:10

2 Chronicles 14:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
• New International Version (NIV)Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

Context of 2 Chronicles 14:10

8Now Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors. 9Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah. So Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.” 12So the Lord routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chronicles 14:10 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֥א אָסָ֖א לְפָנָ֑יו וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בְּגֵ֥יא צְפַ֖תָה לְמָרֵשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• So Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• wentיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to meetפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• him, and they drewעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• up in battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• formationעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• in the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · (Zephathah) ValleyH1516
• of Zephathahצְפַ֫תָהtsephâthâh · ZephathahH6859
• at Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmar'êshâh marêshâh · MareshahH4762

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 14:10

• Joshua 19:4and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah,
• Judges 1:17Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 14:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The “valley of Zephathah” - not elsewhere mentioned - is probably the broad Wady which opens out from Mareshah (marginal reference) in a northwesterly direction, leading into the great Philistine plain. Zerah, on the advance of Asa, drew off into the wider space of the Wady, where he could use his horsemen and chariots.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. 1010. Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array ... at Mareshah--one of the towns which Rehoboam fortified (2Ch 11:8), near a great southern pass in the low country of Judah (Jos 15:44). The engagement between the armies took place in a plain near the town, called "the valley of Zephathah," supposed to be the broad way coming down Beit Jibrin towards Tell Es-Safren [Robinson].Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 14:10

• Ethiopia
• Mareshah
• Zerah

In the dictionaries

• Asa
• Mareshah
• Quiet
• Zephathah
• Zerah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Palestine
• Vale, Valley
• Zephathah, Valley of
• Zerah (the Ethiopian)

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