Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make walls about, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is [a]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.

And Asa had an army of Judah, that bare shields and spears, three hundred thousand, and of Benjamin that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were valiant men.

¶ And there came out against him Zerah [b]of Ethiopia with an host of ten hundred thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came unto [c]Mareshah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 14:7 While we have the full government thereof.
  2. 2 Chronicles 14:9 The king of Ethiopia, or Egypt.
  3. 2 Chronicles 14:9 Which was a city in Judah, Josh. 15:44, where Michaiah the Prophet was born.

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