2 Chronicles 14:9-14

14:9 Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 ¹  men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah, 14:10 and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

14:11 Asa prayed ²  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ³  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ⁴  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ⁵  14:12 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, 14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; ⁶  they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah ⁷  carried off a huge amount of plunder. 14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. ⁸  The men of Judah ⁹  looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. ¹⁰ 

[14:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[14:11]  ² tn Heb “called out.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”

[14:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”

[14:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.”

[14:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”