So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
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Gill's Exposition
And Asa, and the people that were with him, pursued them unto Gerar,.... A city of the Philistines, Gen 20:1,
and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; they were…
Barnes' Notes
The defeat of Zerah is one of the most remarkable events in the history of the Jews. On no other occasion did they meet in the field and overcome the forces of either of the two great monarchies…
Here is, I. Disturbance given to the peace of Asa's kingdom by a formidable army of Ethiopians that invaded them, Ch2 14:9, Ch2 14:10. Though still they sought God, yet this fear came upon them, that…
Cambridge Bible
the Lord smote Cp. 2Ch 13:15. The use of The Name, Jehovah (translated The Lord), instead of the word "God" here and in 2Ch 14:13-14 is in favour of the suggestion that the Chronicler took this…
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