8. King Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, armed with shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin, armed with shields and bows. All of them were brave, well-trained men.
9. An Ethiopian named Zerah invaded Judah with an army of a million men and 300 chariots and advanced as far as Mareshah.
10. Asa went out to fight him, and both sides took up their positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
11. Asa prayed to the Lord his God, “O Lord, you can help a weak army as easily as a powerful one. Help us now, O Lord our God, because we are relying on you, and in your name we have come out to fight against this huge army. Lord, you are our God; no one can hope to defeat you.”
12. The Lord defeated the Ethiopian army when Asa and the Judean army attacked them. They fled,