And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive; for they were broken before the LORD and his army. And they carried away very much spoil — The rout extended (וַיִּרְדְּפוּ־הוּ עַד־גְּרָר) to Gerar. The enemy was utterly destroyed (וַיִּפְּלוּ...עַד־אֶפֶס לוֹ שָׁרִיד). The theological explanation: 'they were broken before the LORD and his army' (נִשְׁבְּרוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה וְלִפְנֵי חַיְלוֹ). Judah gathered extensive plunder (וַיִּשְׂאוּ שָׁלָל הַרְבֵּה־מְאוֹד).

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