歴代志下 14:12-18 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

The remaining seven verses of this chapter are occupied with the account of the invasion of Zerah the Ethiopian, and the successful defence and reprisals of Asa. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

The human trust and prayer that herald Divine victory. Though God gives nothing for—that vanishing point—our merit, yet he constantly of old gave, now constantly gives, in connection with our own right-doings and fight-praying, in order that his freest gifts may establish a healthy reaction on our experience and on our practical conduct. In the prayer, the appeal, the trust, the simple, practical account of Ass, according to the narrative contained within the compass of the above verses,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

An alarming invasion. I. THE INVADER AND HIS ARMY . ( 2 Chronicles 14:9 .) 1 . The invader. Zerah, the Ethiopian (or Cushite), commonly identified with Osorkhon (Usarkon) I. king of Egypt, the second sovereign of the twenty-second or Bubastio dynasty (Rossellini, Wilkinson, Champollion, Lepsius, Rawlinson, Ebers); but, inasmuch as no Ethiopian appears among the monumental kings of this dynasty, a claim to be regarded as the Zerah of Scripture has been advanced in behalf... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:12

So the Lord smote the Ethiopians. As little as the real work was of the army of Asa, so little is said of even the mere human method by which this great victory was obtained for Asa and Judah . Again and yet again, in the following two verses, the glory is given to "the Lord." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:13

And the Ethiopians … before his host . It is evident that these words, with the clauses they include, should be placed in brackets, and so leave "they," the subject of the verb "carried" in the last clause, to refer to its proper noun-subject, Asa and the people. Gerar . This place is mentioned as defining a full distant spot as the limit of the pursuit of the flying army. While it was nearly four hours south of Gaza, on the road to Egypt, it is calculated that it was more than twenty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:14

The fear of the Lord came upon them ; i.e. on the cities round about Gerar. This and the following verse illustrate in particular the very graphic character which attaches to the entire stretch of the description of the scene, introduced so suddenly in 2 Chronicles 14:9 and closing with 2 Chronicles 14:15 . Much spoil . The Hebrew word here used for "spoil" ( בִּזָּה ) is found only in Chronicles, Ezra, Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel, and once in Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 29:19 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:15

The tents of cattle . This word "tents" ( אָהֲלֵי , construct state ) is used just 325 times, and this is the only time it is spoken of as the place of cattle; there are, however, four passages looking the same way ( Genesis 13:5 ; 6:5 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; Jeremiah 49:29 ). It is the word used for the tabernacle of the wilderness many times, and many times for the place of abode that has highest associations ( Psalms 15:1 ; Psalms 118:15 ), and of the usual abodes of people ( 2... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:12

The defeat of Zerah is one of the most remarkable events in the history of the Jews. On no other occasion did they meet in the field and overcome the forces of either of the two great monarchies between which they were placed. It was seldom that they ventured to resist, unless behind walls. Shishak, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Nebuchadnezzar, were either unopposed or only opposed in this way. On the one other occasion on which they took the field - under Josiah against Necho - their boldness... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:14

They smote all the cities round about Gerar - The Philistines of these parts had, it is probable, accompanied Zerah in his expedition. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 14:12-13

2 Chronicles 14:12-13. So the Lord smote the Ethiopians Smote them with terror, and an unaccountable consternation, so that they fled, and knew not why or whither. Asa and the people pursued them unto Gerar A city of the Philistines, who probably were confederate with them in this design. They were destroyed before the Lord For who can stand before him? And before his host The host of Israel, called God’s host, because owned by him as his people. They carried away very much spoil ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 14:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 14:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 14:12-13

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