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2 Chronicles 14:9
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Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.
There came out against them Zerach the Kushite with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
Then Zerah from Cush came out to fight them with an enormous army and three hundred chariots. They came as far as the town of Mareshah.
Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,
Now Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoste of ten hundreth thousande, and three hundreth charets, and came vnto Mareshah.
Then Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them with a military force of one million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Zerah from Ethiopia led an army of a million soldiers and three hundred chariots to the town of Mareshah in Judah.
Asa went out to fight him, and the forces were arranged for battle in the Tz'fat Valley at Mareshah.
And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Then Zerah from Ethiopia came out against Asa's army. He had 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots in his army. His army went as far as the town of Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a large army of a million men and thirty thousand chariots, and came to Mareshah.
An Ethiopian named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah.
Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands, and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.
But Serah the Moryan came out against the wt an hoost of a thousande times a thousande, and with thre hundreth charettes, and came vnto Maresa.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.
And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zarah the blacke Morian with an hoast of ten hundred thousand, & three hundred charettes, & came as farre as Maresa.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred charets, and came vnto Mareshah.
And Zare the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Maresa.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.
Forsothe Zara of Ethiop yede out ayens hem with his oost ten `sithis an hundrid thousynde, and with thre hundrid charis, and cam `til to Masera.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
And there came out against them Zerah the Cushite, with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came to Mareshah.
Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,
Zerah the Ethiopian came out to fight against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 war-wagons. He came as far as Mareshah.
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
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.
And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa.
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mare'shah.
And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,
Zerah the Ethiopian went to war against Asa with an army of a million plus three hundred chariots and got as far as Mareshah. Asa met him there and prepared to fight from the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. Then Asa prayed to God , "O God , you aren't impressed by numbers or intimidated by a show of force once you decide to help: Help us, O God ; we have come out to meet this huge army because we trust in you and who you are. Don't let mere mortals stand against you!"
Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 3063, bc 941
Zerah: 2 Chronicles 12:2, 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Kings 19:9, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Ezekiel 30:5, Revelation 16:14
Mareshah: Joshua 15:44, Micah 1:15
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:7 - flee before Judges 7:12 - grasshoppers Judges 10:9 - passed 1 Kings 8:44 - shall pray 1 Chronicles 19:7 - hired 2 Chronicles 6:34 - they pray 2 Chronicles 13:3 - eight hundred 2 Chronicles 13:8 - a great multitude Psalms 33:16 - no king Psalms 46:6 - heathen Psalms 48:3 - General Isaiah 18:2 - to a people Isaiah 43:3 - I gave Jeremiah 21:2 - according
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host of thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots,.... According to Josephus b, this army consisted of 900,000 foot, and 100,000 horsemen, and certain it is there were horsemen among them, 2 Chronicles 16:8 some say these were not the Ethiopians in Africa, beyond Egypt, being, as is said, too far off for such an army to travel, and it would be hard to say what should induce them to it; and besides it is urged, the king of Egypt would never have suffered them to pass through his dominions, as they must to come to Judea; but that they were the Cushite Arabs, that inhabited Midian, part of Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Felix, near Judaea, 2 Chronicles 16:8- :, but since this great host consisted of Lubim or Libyans, inhabitants of Africa, as well as of Ethiopians, 2 Chronicles 16:8, these Ethiopians seem to be rather those in Africa, who were masters of Egypt and Libya, as well as Ethiopia, quickly after the death of Shishak, or Sesostris, see 2 Chronicles 12:2, which accounts for the size of this army, and their passage through Egypt: that there were two sorts of Ethiopians, the western and eastern ones, the one that dwelt in Africa, the other in Asia, appears clearly from Homer c, Herodotus d, and Heliodorus e, the former of which seem here meant; nor need this army be thought incredible, especially since they were joined by the Lubim or Libyans, and assisted by the Philistines, as appears by what follows; besides, the two armies of Israel and Judah we read of in the preceding chapter, when put together, exceed this; see also 2 Chronicles 17:14, so the armies of Tamerlane and Bajazet, that of the former being 1,600,000, and that of the latter 1,400,000 f:
and came unto Mareshah; a city in the tribe of Judah, on the borders of it, 2 Chronicles 11:8.
b Antiqu. l. 8. c. 12. sect. 1. c Odyss. 1. ver. 23, 24. d Polymnia, sive, l. 7. c. 69, 70. e Ethiopic. l. 9. c. 6. f Laonic. Chalcocond. de rebus Turc. l. 3. p. 98, 102.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Zerah 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 Scripture; but it does not exceed the known numbers of other Oriental armies in ancient times. Darius Codomannus brought into the field at Arbela a force of 1,040, 000; Xerxes crossed into Greece with certainly above a million of combatants.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Chronicles 14:9. Zerah 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.
