2 Chronicles 14:9
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And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa.

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3063 B.C.

941
Zerah

2 Chronicles 12:2,3 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord) . . .

2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand?

2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard of Tharaca, king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:

Isaiah 8:9,10 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. . . .

Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by the sword.

Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working signs: and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty God.

Mareshah

Joshua 15:44 And Ceila and Achzib and Maresa: nine cities, and their villages.

Micah 1:15 Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.

Context
Asa Reigns in Judah
8And Asa had in his army of men that bore shields and spears of Juda three hundred thousand, and of Benjamin that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand, all these were most valiant men. 9And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa.10And Asa went out to meet him, and set his army in array for battle in the vale of Sephata, which is near Maresa:…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:8
And Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,

2 Chronicles 12:2
And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned against the Lord)

2 Chronicles 12:3
With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 14:10
And Asa went out to meet him, and set his army in array for battle in the vale of Sephata, which is near Maresa:

2 Chronicles 16:8
Were not the Ethiopians, and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceeding great multitude: yet because thou trustedst in the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand?

Isaiah 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, and in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters. Go, ye swift angels, to a nation rent and torn in pieces: to a terrible people, after which there is no other: to a nation expecting and trodden underfoot, whose land the rivers have spoiled.

Amos 9:7
He that buildeth his ascension in heaven, and hath founded his bundle upon the earth: who calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is his name.

Lexicon
Then Zerah
זֶ֣רַח (ze·raḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2226: Zerah -- three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian

the Cushite
הַכּוּשִׁ֗י (hak·kū·šî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3569: Cushite -- descendant of Cush

came
וַיֵּצֵ֨א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

against them
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

with an army
בְּחַ֙יִל֙ (bə·ḥa·yil)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

of 1,000,000 men
אֶ֣לֶף (’e·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

[and] 300
שְׁלֹ֣שׁ (šə·lōš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

chariots,
וּמַרְכָּב֖וֹת (ū·mar·kā·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4818: A chariot

and they advanced
וַיָּבֹ֖א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

as far as
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Mareshah.
מָרֵשָֽׁה׃ (mā·rê·šāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4762: Mareshah -- a place in Judah, also two Israelites


Additional Translations
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came to Mareshah.

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.

And Zare the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Maresa.

And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

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.

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

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

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,
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