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2 Chronicles 14:13

2 Chronicles 14:13
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they smote all the cities round about Gerar,.... The cities of the Philistines, who were auxiliaries and confederates with these Ethiopians, and colonies from them, according to Theodoret, and who…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 14:9-15

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Gerar Identified with Jerâr, ruins three hours south of Gaza; cp. 1Ch 4:39 (read "Gerar," LXX. Γέραρα).

the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves R.V. there fell of the…