the Ethiopians: 2 Chronicles 12:3, 2 Chronicles 14:9-12
the Lubims: 2 Chronicles 12:3
a huge host: Heb. in abundance
because: 2 Chronicles 16:7; Psalms 9:9-10, Psalms 37:39-40
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2 Chronicles 16:8
2 Chronicles 16:8
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