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2 Chronicles 14:9

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

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Jerusalem, including the City of David, was Asa’s royal and covenantal center in Judah, from which he marched to meet the invader. Mareshah lay in Judah’s southwestern foothills near the route toward Philistia; after God gave victory there, Asa pursued the Cushite

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2 Chronicles 14:9 mentions City of David, Gerar, Jerusalem and Mareshah.

City of David · Avraham Graicer
Gerar · Aaadir
Jerusalem · Godot13
Mareshah · עומר מרקובסקי

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