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.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 9-15)Here is, I. Disturbance given to the peace of Asa’s kingdom by a formidable army of Ethiopians that invaded them, 2 Chron. 14:9 , 10 . Though still they sought God, yet this fear came upon them, that their faith in God might be tried, and that God might have an opportunity of doing great things for them. It was a vast number that the Ethiopians brought against him: 1,000,000 men ; and now he found...
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