2 Chronicles 14:13
in 2 Chronicles 14Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
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ASV
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the LORD struck down the Cushites
on 2 Chronicles 14:12-13
The verb belongs to the LORD: “the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah”, and they flee as Israel was routed at 13:15. Judah pursues them to Gerar. Barnes counts this among the rare times Judah met a great neighboring power in open field and prevailed.
This site's exposition
pursued them as far as Gerar
The Cushite army was broken beyond any regrouping. Its plunder later paid for the great sacrifices of 15:11, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. Gill traces that spoil to the Cushite camp and the cities of the Philistines.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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, and the people that were with him, pursued them unto Gerar,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨ם | vaiyirdefem | and he pursued them | H7291 → | |
| אָסָ֜א | ʾasa' | Asa | H609 → | 57 times |
| וְהָעָ֣ם | vehaam | and the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עִמּוֹ֮ | imo | [was] with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| לִגְרָר֒ | ligrar | to Gerar | H1642 → | |
| וַיִּפֹּ֤ל | vaiyipol | and it fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| מִכּוּשִׁים֙ | mikushim | of [the] Cushites | H3569 → | 26 times |
| לְאֵ֣ין | leein | to not | H369 → | 789 times |
| לָהֶ֣ם | lahem | [belonged] to them | ||
| מִֽחְיָ֔ה | michyah | preservation | H4241 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ | nishberu | they had been broken | H7665 → | 147 times |
| לִפְנֵֽי־ | lifnei- | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלִפְנֵ֣י | velifnei | and <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ | machanehu | army his | H4264 → | 215 times |
| וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | vaiyisu | and they carried off | H5375 → | 656 times |
| שָׁלָ֖ל | shalal | booty | H7998 → | 73 times |
| הַרְבֵּ֥ה | harbeh | much | H7235 → | 227 times |
| מְאֹֽד׃ | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨םand he pursued them
vaiyirdefemH7291 →
אָסָ֜אAsa
ʾasa'H609 →57 times
וְהָעָ֣םand the people
vehaamH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עִמּוֹ֮[was] with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
לִגְרָר֒to Gerar
ligrarH1642 →
וַיִּפֹּ֤לand it fell
vaiyipolH5307 →435 times
מִכּוּשִׁים֙of [the] Cushites
mikushimH3569 →26 times
לְאֵ֣יןto not
leeinH369 →789 times
לָהֶ֣ם[belonged] to them
lahem
מִֽחְיָ֔הpreservation
michyahH4241 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּthey had been broken
nishberuH7665 →147 times
לִפְנֵֽי־<to> before
lifnei-H6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלִפְנֵ֣יand <to> before
velifneiH6440 →2123 times
מַחֲנֵ֑הוּarmy his
machanehuH4264 →215 times
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּand they carried off
vaiyisuH5375 →656 times
שָׁלָ֖לbooty
shalalH7998 →73 times
הַרְבֵּ֥הmuch
harbehH7235 →227 times
מְאֹֽד׃very
meodH3966 →300 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
2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
it leads to
- Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Revelation 14:10–11
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and…
- Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Matthew 25:41
Through
Genesis 26:1Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
it leads to
- Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- Genesis 25:11
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
- Genesis 12:10
Through
2 Chronicles 14:14and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 17:10
And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
