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

8King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men. 9Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah, so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah. 11Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!” 12So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

2 Chronicles 14:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Asaאָסָא'âsâ' · AsaH609
• went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• againstפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• him, and they set the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• in arrayעָרַךְ‛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 19:4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
• Judges 1:17Then Judah joined with Simeon to fight against the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they completely destroyed the town. So the town was named 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