2 Chronicles 14:8-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, who carried large shields and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand men from Benjamin, who carried shields and were armed with bows. These were all strong, powerful warriors.

⁹ Zerah the Cushite^[a] came out against them with an army of a million^[b] men and three hundred chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah. ¹⁰ Asa went out to confront him, and they formed battle lines in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

¹¹ Asa cried to the Lord his God, “Lord, there is no one except you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, because we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this horde.^[c] Lord, you are our God. Men will not prevail against you.”

¹² The Lord defeated the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled. ¹³ Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until none of them were left alive, because they were broken before the Lord and before his army, who carried away a large amount of plunder. ¹⁴ They struck all the cities around Gerar, because the dread of the Lord was upon them. They looted all the cities because there was a great deal of plunder in them. ¹⁵ Also they struck the tents of the herdsmen and carried off very many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.