⁸ Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians^[a] and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers?^[b] At that time you relied on the Lord, and he handed them over to you.

³ He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,^[a] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.^[b]

⁷ At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the Lord your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

¹⁶ The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.

⁹ Once an Ethiopian^[a] named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men^[b] and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah, ¹⁰ so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.^{[c] 11} Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

¹² So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians^[d] in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

¹⁸ So Judah defeated Israel on that occasion because they trusted in the Lord, the God of their ancestors.