2 Chronicles 14:9

“Zerah the Cushite came out against them with a force of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.”

2 Chronicles 14:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 14:9, word by word

Zerahזֶרַחzerach

Zerah

Zerah, the name of several people: above all a son of Judah and Tamar, twin of Perez; also a grandson of Esau, the father of a king of Edom, a Cushite who attacked Judah, and others.

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the Cushiteכּוּשִׁיkushi

Cushite

Cushite: a person from Cush, the region south of Egypt (toward present-day Sudan). Joab's messenger is called this (2 Samuel 18), and so is Ebed-melech, who pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern (Jeremiah 38). In the plural, the Cushites as a people. It says nothing good or bad about the person, only where they come from.

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came outיֵּצֵאyetse

set out

To set out somewhere, or go out to war.

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with a forceחַיִלchayil

army

A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.

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of a thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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and threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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chariotsמַרְכָּבוֹתmarkavot

chariot

Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.

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and cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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Mareshahמָרֵשָׁהmaresha

Mareshah

Mareshah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah; also the name of two men of Judah.

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The context

8Asa had a force carrying large shield and spear: from Judah, three hundred thousand; and from Benjamin, carrying shield and drawing the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor.

9 · This verse (above)

10Asa went out before him, and they drew up battle in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

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