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Bible in Basic English

And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

New American Standard Bible

Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and 300 chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

International Standard Version

Sometime later, Zerah the Ethiopian went to war against him at Mareshah with an army of one million troops and 300 chariots.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

Now Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) came out against Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And there will come forth against them Zerah the Cushite with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he will come even to Mareshah.

King James 2000

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an Host of ten hundred thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

NET Bible

Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Then came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with a force of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, - and he came as far as Mareshah.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

זרח 
Zerach 
Usage: 21

the Ethiopian
כּוּשׁי 
Kuwshiy 
Usage: 23

with an host
חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

of a thousand
אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

and three
שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

מאיה מאה 
me'ah 
Usage: 581

מרכּבה 
merkabah 
Usage: 44

and came

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

Judah Defeats Ethiopia's Army

8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war. 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah. 10 And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:8

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

Joshua 15:44

And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.

2 Chronicles 11:8

And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph

2 Chronicles 12:2-3

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,

2 Kings 19:9

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, he sent representatives to Hezekiah again, saying,

Isaiah 8:9-10

Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

Ezekiel 30:5

Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Libya and the children of the land of the Cherethites will all be put to death with them by the sword.

Micah 1:15

Even now will the taker of your heritage come to you, you who are living in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will come to destruction for ever.

Revelation 16:14

For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

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