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2 Chronicles 14:9–15, “And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.”
Asa trusted the Lord and was faithful to the Lord all the days that he ruled as king of Judah. In spite of this, a king came up from Ethiopia with a million men and three hundred chariots. Such an army was almost invincible. When Asa set his line against the Ethiopian line, he realised that this army was too big for him and his army. Asa did what he had to do and prayed to Lord for deliverance from this huge army. The Lord took control of the situation and the Ethiopian was soundly defeated in the Lord’s Name. They completely destroyed that great army so that Zerah, the Ethiopian king, would not try and rebuild that army and come an attack them again. They took a large amount of booty from them as the Ethiopians had brought enough to supply their huge army.
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