Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
Parallel translations
- WEB Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand.
- KJV Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
- NKJV Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your hand.
- NASB Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, He handed them over to you.
- NLT Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers? At that time you relied on the Lord, and he handed them over to you.
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Quick answer
Hanani reminds Asa how God delivered the vast Ethiopian army into his hand when he relied on the Lord. Past deliverance should have taught him to trust God again.
Overview
The prophet points back to the great victory of chapter 14, where reliance on Yahweh defeated overwhelming odds. The contrast indicts Asa's failure to apply the lesson he once knew so well. Remembering God's past faithfulness is meant to fuel present trust, a principle that strengthens believers in every age.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 12:3with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
- 2 Chr 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
- 2 Chr 13:16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
- 2 Chr 14:9–12Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
- Ps 9:9–10The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
- Ps 37:39–40The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- 2 Chr 13:18Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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