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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.”

Asa had an army of three hundred thousand(A) men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.

Zerah the Cushite(B) marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.(C) 10 Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

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