2 Chronicles 14

2 Chronicles · Chapter 14

2 Chronicles 14:10

1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:3For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:4And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.6And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.8And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.9And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.12So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.13And 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.14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and he went outוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai-ye-TZE'H3318G
to come out: come

יָצָא (ya.tsa) : come/go_out/escape 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

Asaאָסָ֖א'a-SA'H0609G
Asa

אָסָא (a.sa) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.8; son of: Abijah (H0029I); married to Azubah (H5806); father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092I); also called Asaph at Mat.1.7,8; Also named: Asa (Ἀσά "Asaph" G0760) § Asa = "healer: injurious (?)" 1) king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat 2) a Levite

to before himלְפָנָ֑יוle-fa-NAVH6440G
face: before

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) : before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

and they drew up in formationוַיַּֽעַרְכוּ֙vai-ya-'ar-KHUH6186A
to arrange

עָרַךְ (a.rakh) 1) to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arrange or set or lay in order, arrange, state in order, set forth (a legal case), set in place 1a2) to compare, be comparable

battleמִלְחָמָ֔הmil-cha-MAHH4421
battle

מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) battle, war

in [the] valley ofבְּגֵ֥יאbe-GEI'H1516L
Valley

גַּיְא (gay) valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Another name of to.phet (תֹּ֫פֶת "Topheth" H8612)

Zephathahצְפַ֖תָהtze-FA-tahH6859
(Zephathah) Valley

גַּיְא (gay) valley, a steep valley, narrow gorge Combined with tse.pha.tah (צְפַ֫תָה "Zephathah" H6859)

to Mareshahלְמָרֵשָֽׁה׃le-ma-re-SHAHH4762G
Mareshah

מָרֵשָׁה (mar.e.shah) § Mareshah = "crest of a hill" one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.