Now Zerahthe Ethiopiancameout againstthem with an armyof a millionmen and 300chariots,and he cameto Mareshah.
When he heard[them] sayconcerningTirhakahkingof Cush,"Behold,he has comeout to fightagainstyou," he sentmessengersagainto Hezekiahsaying,
Gath,Mareshah,Ziph,
So Asawentout to meethim, and they drewup in battleformationin the valleyof Zephathahat Mareshah.
"Were not the Ethiopiansand the Lubiman immensearmywith verymanychariotsand horsemen?Yet because you reliedon the LORD,He deliveredthem into your hand.
Which sendsenvoysby the sea,Even in papyrusvesselson the surfaceof the waters.Go,swiftmessengers,to a nationtalland smooth,To a peoplefearedfarand wide,A powerfuland oppressivenationWhoselandthe riversdivide.
"Ethiopia,Put,Lud,allArabia,Libyaand the peopleof the landthat is in leaguewill fallwith them by the sword."
"Are you not as the sonsof Ethiopiato Me, O sonsof Israel?"declaresthe LORD."Have I not broughtup Israelfrom the landof Egypt,And the Philistinesfrom Caphtorand the Arameansfrom Kir?
Moreover,I will bringon you The one who takespossession,O inhabitantof Mareshah.The gloryof Israelwill enterAdullam.
and Keilahand Achziband Mareshah;ninecitieswith their villages.
for they are spiritsof demons,performingsigns,whichgoout to the kingsof the wholeworld,to gather them togetherfor the warof the greatdayof God,the Almighty.
