⁸ Cush was the father^[a] of Nimrod,^(A) who became a mighty warrior on the earth. ⁹ He was a mighty^(B) hunter^(C) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

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, ⁴ he captured the fortified cities^(E) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

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.