2 Chronicles 14:13
Good News Translation
and Asa and his troops pursued them as far as Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians were killed that the army was unable to rally and fight. They were overpowered by the LORD and his army, and the army took large amounts of loot.

New Revised Standard Version
Asa and the army with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until no one remained alive; for they were broken before the LORD and his army. The people of Judah carried away a great quantity of booty.

Contemporary English Version
but Asa and his troops chased them as far as Gerar. It was a total defeat--the Ethiopians could not even fight back! The soldiers from Judah took everything that had belonged to the Ethiopians.

New American Bible
Asa and those with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until there were no survivors, for they were crushed before the LORD and his army, which carried away enormous spoils.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruction, for the Lord slew them, and his army fought against them, and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruction, for the Lord slew them, and his army fought against them, and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils,

Gerar

2 Chronicles 14:14 And they took all the cities round about Gerara: for a great fear was come upon all men: and they pillaged the cities, and carried off much booty.

Genesis 10:1,19 These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and unto them sons were born after the flood. . . .

Genesis 20:1 Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.

Genesis 26:1 And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

destroyed [heb] broken

Job 6:9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power:

his host

Joshua 5:14 And he answered: No: but I am prince of the host of the Lord, and now I am come. [15] Joshua fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, said: What saith my lord to his servant?

1 Samuel 25:28 Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life.

1 Chronicles 12:22 Moreover day by day there came some to David to help him till they became a great number, like the army of God.

Psalm 108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

Context
Asa Reigns in Judah
12And the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before Asa and Juda: and the Ethiopians fled. 13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerara: and the Ethiopians fell even to utter destruction, for the Lord slew them, and his army fought against them, and they were destroyed. And they took abundance of spoils,14And they took all the cities round about Gerara: for a great fear was come upon all men: and they pillaged the cities, and carried off much booty.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:19
And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.

2 Chronicles 12:3
With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 15:11
They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

2 Chronicles 14:12
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