2 Chronicles 14:11
in 2 Chronicles 14Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
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ASV
And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAsa prayed, and his prayer manifested great power: when Zerah the Indian [Ethiopian] went out against him with an army of one million with him, Asa then prayed, saying, "By this shall your power be known, O our God, when you finish off a vast people by means of a small people." God heard his prayer and sent his angel to rout them. Thus the vast army was defeated by the power of Asa's prayer.
This site's exposition
no one besides You to help
Asa prays, “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty”. Jehoshaphat prays in the same pattern at 2 Chronicles 20:12. Clarke traces the same reasoning to Jonathan's word at Michmash, that the LORD can save whether by many or by few.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He that sought God in the day of his peace and prosperity could with holy boldness cry to God in the day of his trouble, and call him his God. His prayer is short, but has much in it. He gives to God the glory of his infinite power and sovereignty: It is nothing with thee to help and save by many or few, by those that are mighty or by those that have no power.
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the L ORD had given him rest.
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And Asa cried unto the Lord his God,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Whether with many - The same sentiment as that uttered by Jonathan, 1Sa 14:6, when he attacked the garrison of the Philistines. O Lord our God - we rest on thee - “Help us, O Lord our God; because we depend on thy Word, and in the name of thy Word we come against this great host.” - Targum.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Asa cried unto the Lord his God--Strong in the confidence that the power of God was able to give the victory equally with few as with many, the pious king marched with a comparatively small force to encounter the formidable host of marauders at his southern frontier.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
It is nothing ... - i. e., “Thou canst as easily help the weak as the strong.”
The words behind it
32 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֨א | vaiyikra' | and he called out | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אָסָ֜א | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהָיו֮ | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וַיֹּאמַר֒ | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵֽין־ | ʾein- | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| עִמְּךָ֤ | ʾimekha | [is] with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| לַעְזוֹר֙ | la'zor | to help | H5826 → | 81 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| רַב֙ | rav | great | H7227 → | 454 times |
| לְאֵ֣ין | leein | and not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כֹּ֔חַ | koach | strength | H3581 → | 126 times |
| עָזְרֵ֜נוּ | ʾazerenu | help us | H5826 → | 81 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָלֶ֣יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נִשְׁעַ֔נּוּ | nishanu | we depend | H8172 → | 22 times |
| וּבְשִׁמְךָ֣ | uveshimkha | and in name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| בָ֔אנוּ | vanu | we have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הֶהָמ֖וֹן | hehamon | the multitude | H1995 → | 83 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ʾeloheinu | [are] God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אַ֔תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| יַעְצֹ֥ר | ya'tzor | he retain | H6113 → | 47 times |
| עִמְּךָ֖ | ʾimekha | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ ס | ʾenoosh | a man | H582 → | 566 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֨אand he called out
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אָסָ֜אAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהָיו֮God his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
וַיֹּאמַר֒and he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵֽין־there not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
עִמְּךָ֤[is] with you
ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times
לַעְזוֹר֙to help
la'zorH5826 →81 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
רַב֙great
ravH7227 →454 times
לְאֵ֣יןand not
leeinH369 →789 times
כֹּ֔חַstrength
koachH3581 →126 times
עָזְרֵ֜נוּhelp us
ʾazerenuH5826 →81 times
יְהוָ֤הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙God our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָלֶ֣יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
נִשְׁעַ֔נּוּwe depend
nishanuH8172 →22 times
וּבְשִׁמְךָ֣and in name your
uveshimkhaH8034 →864 times
בָ֔אנוּwe have come
vanuH935 →2568 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הֶהָמ֖וֹןthe multitude
hehamonH1995 →83 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
יְהוָ֤הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙[are] God our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
אַ֔תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
יַעְצֹ֥רhe retain
ya'tzorH6113 →47 times
עִמְּךָ֖with you
ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times
אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ סa man
ʾenooshH582 →566 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- Psalms 118:6
Through
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
it leads to
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:31
A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
- Isaiah 31:1
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Aphrahat the Persian Sage, DEMONSTRATION 4.8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.