⁹ Zerah the Cushite^(A) marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.^(B)

⁸ Were not the Cushites^[a](A) and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers^(B) of chariots and horsemen^[b]? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered^(C) them into your hand.

² Because they had been unfaithful^(A) to the Lord, Shishak^(B) king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. ³ With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans,^(C) Sukkites and Cushites^[a](D) that came with him from Egypt,

⁸ Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

¹⁴ They are demonic spirits^(A) that perform signs,^(B) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^(C) to gather them for the battle^(D) on the great day^(E) of God Almighty.

⁵ Cush and Libya,^(A) Lydia and all Arabia,^(B) Kub and the people^(C) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.^(D)