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Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover themselves, for they were destroyed before the LORD and before his army. Judah’s army carried away very much booty.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Gerara was on the southern borders, twenty-three miles from Maresa. Eus. Calmet.—The Ethiopians were pursued perhaps for many days. Tirinus.—Destruction. Prot. “they they could not recover themselves.” Hebrew “there was no quarter given;” or, “so that none were left alive.” Calmet.—If this were the case, the number of the slain far exceeded that the Jeroboam’s army. Calmet. 13. Bible.
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