2 Chronicles 14:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨ם אָסָ֜א וְהָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמּוֹ֮ עַד־לִגְרָר֒ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִכּוּשִׁים֙ לְאֵ֣ין לָהֶ֣ם מִֽחְיָ֔ה כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וְלִפְנֵ֣י מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד

Transliteration

wə-yirdəpēm ʾāsāʾ wə-hā-ʿām ʾăšer-ʿimmô ʿad-li-gərār wə-yippōl mi-kûšîm lə-ʾên lāhem miḥyāh kî-nišbərû li-pnê-YHWH wə-li-pnê maḥănēhû wə-yiśʾû šālāl harbēh məʾōd

Grammar Details

*wə-yirdəpēm*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms + 3mp suffix - and he pursued them
*ʾāsāʾ*: proper noun, masculine - Asa
*wə-hā-ʿām*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the people
*ʾăšer-ʿimmô*: relative pronoun + preposition + 3ms suffix - who were with him
*ʿad-li-gərār*: preposition + preposition + proper noun - as far as Gerar
*wə-yippōl*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms - and there fell
*mi-kûšîm*: preposition + gentilic plural - from the Cushites
*lə-ʾên*: preposition + particle of negation - to no
*lāhem*: preposition + 3mp suffix - to them
*miḥyāh*: noun, feminine singular - preservation/recovery/revival
*kî-nišbərû*: conjunction + Niphal perfect 3cp - for they were broken/shattered
*li-pnê-YHWH*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + divine name - before Yahweh
*wə-li-pnê*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - and before
*maḥănēhû*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3ms suffix - his army/camp
*wə-yiśʾû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3mp - and they carried away
*šālāl*: noun, masculine singular - spoil/plunder
*harbēh*: adjective, masculine singular - much/many
*məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly

Word Meanings

*yirdəpēm*: pursued them/chased after them
*yippōl*: fell/was felled
*miḥyāh*: preservation/recovery/escape/life/livelihood
*nišbərû*: were broken/were shattered/were crushed
*maḥănēhû*: his army/his camp/his host
*šālāl*: spoil/plunder/booty

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 13:15 : 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chr 20:22 : 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do{H8799)} valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down{H8799)} our enemies.
Ps 136:17-18 : 17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: 18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
1 Cor 9:26 : 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
1 Cor 15:57 : 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Exod 14:25 : 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Deut 28:7 : 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Josh 10:10 : 10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 14:13-15
3 verses
89%
13And 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.
14And 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.
15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chr 14:8-11
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79%
8And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
9And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11And 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.
2 Chr 16:7-11
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79%
7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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12Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
2 Chr 13:14-16
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14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
1 Kgs 15:20
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20So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
1 Chr 19:14
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2 Chr 15:8-10
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8And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chr 14:2-3
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2And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
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2 Kgs 14:12
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12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
2 Chr 15:2
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2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
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18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chr 21:16
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16Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chr 16:4
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4And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
1 Kgs 15:18
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18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
2 Chr 18:31
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9And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
2 Chr 16:2
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2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
2 Chr 24:24
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24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
Judg 1:19
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2 Chr 12:3
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2 Sam 10:13
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13And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
2 Chr 17:2
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Exod 14:25
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25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
1 Kgs 15:11-12
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67%
11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Kgs 19:9
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9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
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2 Chr 28:17
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2 Chr 15:15
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