2 Tawarikh 14:9-13

14:9 Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 ¹  men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah, 14:10 and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

14:11 Asa prayed ²  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ³  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ⁴  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ⁵  14:12 The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, 14:13 and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; ⁶  they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah ⁷  carried off a huge amount of plunder.

2 Tawarikh 20:12

20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ⁸ 

2 Tawarikh 20:23

20:23 The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir ⁹  and annihilated them. ¹⁰  When they had finished off the men ¹¹  of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. ¹² 

2 Tawarikh 32:8-9

32:8 He has with him mere human strength, ¹³  but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army ¹⁴  was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers ¹⁵  to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of ¹⁶  Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

2 Tawarikh 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ¹⁷  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ¹⁸  returned home humiliated. ¹⁹  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ²⁰  struck him down with the sword.

[14:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[14:11]  ² tn Heb “called out.”

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “there is not with you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

[14:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and in your name we have come against this multitude.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “let not man retain [strength] with you.”

[14:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there fell from the Cushites so that there was not to them preservation of life.”

[14:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”

[20:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the residents of Mount Seir.”

[20:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to annihilate and to destroy.”

[20:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “residents.”

[20:23]  ¹² tn Heb “they helped, each one his fellow, for destruction.” The verb עָזַר (’azar), traditionally understood as the well-attested verb meaning “to help,” is an odd fit in this context. It is possible that it is from a homonymic root, perhaps meaning to “attack.” This root is attested in Ugaritic in a nominal form meaning “young man, warrior, hero.” For a discussion of the proposed root, see HALOT 811 s.v. II עזר.

[32:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”

[32:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “people.”

[32:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “servants.”

[32:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[32:21]  ¹⁷ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”