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Asa built an army of heroic men including 300,000 Judahites, who carried large shields and spears, and 280,000 Benjaminites, who carried shields and bows.

When Zerah from Cush[a] came to Mareshah in the Judean highlands to attack Judah with an army of one million men and 300 chariots, 10 Asa went to meet the challenge. The two armies faced each other in the valley of Zephathah[b] at Mareshah.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:9 May refer to Ethiopia in Africa or Cushan (a.k.a. Gerar) in southwest Judah.
  2. 14:10 Greek reads, “north of Mareshah.”

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