2Ch 14:9-15 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 9. Zerah the Ethiopian ] Probably of that Ethiopia which lay on the south of Egypt, near to Libya , and therefore the Libyans are joined with them, . A thousand thousand ] If this people had come from any great distance, they could not have had forage for such an immense army.

‏ 2 Chronicles 14:9-15

Verse 9. Zerah the Ethiopian] Probably of that Ethiopia which lay on the south of Egypt, near to Libya, and therefore the Libyans are joined with them, 2Ch 16:8.

A thousand thousand] If this people had come from any great distance, they could not have had forage for such an immense army.

Verse 11. Whether with many] The same sentiment as that uttered by Jonathan, 1Sa 14:6, when he attacked the garrison of the Philistines.

O Lord our God-we rest on thee] "Help us, O Lord our God; because we depend on thy WORD, and in the name of thy WORD we come against this great host."-Targum.

Verse 14. There was-much spoil in them.] These cities being on the rear of this vast army, they had laid up much forage in them; and to get this the Jews overthrew the whole.

Verse 15. Tents of cattle] Those which had carried the baggage of the great army, and which they had left in such places as abounded with pasture. Perhaps sheepfolds, enclosures for camels, mules, &c., may also be intended. The discomfiture was great, because God fought for the people; and the spoil was immense, because the multitude was prodigious, indeed almost incredible, a million of men in one place is almost too much for the mind to conceive, but there may be some mistake in the numerals: it is evident from the whole account that the number was vast and the spoil great.