2 Chronicles 14:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Asa went out to meet him, and they took up positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And Zerah the Ethiopian came against them with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there came out{H3318} against them Zerah{H2226} the Ethiopian{H3569} with an army{H2428} of a thousand{H505} thousand,{H505} and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} chariots;{H4818} and he came{H935} unto Mareshah.{H4762}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And there came out{H3318}{(H8799)} against them Zerah{H2226} the Ethiopian{H3569} with an host{H2428} of a thousand{H505} thousand{H505}, and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} chariots{H4818}; and came{H935}{(H8799)} unto Mareshah{H4762}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But Serah the Moryan came out against the wt an hoost of a thousande times a thousande, and with thre hundreth charettes, and came vnto Maresa.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And there came out against them Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoste of ten hundreth thousande, and three hundreth charets, and came vnto Mareshah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And there came out against them Zarah the blacke Morian with an hoast of ten hundred thousand, & three hundred charettes, & came as farre as Maresa.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 16:8 : 8 Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
  • Josh 15:44 : 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities with their villages.
  • 2 Chr 11:8 : 8 Gath, Mareshah, and Ziph,
  • 2 Chr 12:2-3 : 2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to the LORD. 3 He came with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
  • 2 Kgs 19:9 : 9 Now the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, who had set out to fight against him. So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Be shattered, you nations, and be terrified! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle and be terrified; prepare for battle and be shattered. 10 Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.
  • Ezek 30:5 : 5 Cush, Put, Lud, all the mixed peoples, and Kub, along with the people of the covenant land, will fall by the sword.
  • Mic 1:15 : 15 I will bring a conqueror against you, inhabitants of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.

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    69%

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