What is the meaning of 2 Chronicles 14:15? They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen • After the rout of Zerah’s vast Cushite army (2 Chron 14:12-13), Asa’s forces press on to the enemy’s encampments. • The “tents” highlight how exposed and unprotected these herdsmen were once God had broken the main resistance, much like Midian’s vulnerability in Judges 7:24-25. • By including non-combatant supply points in the sweep, Judah ensures the Cushites cannot regroup—a principle echoed later when Jehoshaphat’s men “came to plunder” every remnant of their defeated foes (2 Chron 20:24-25). and carried off many sheep and camels • Livestock constituted portable wealth; taking it was both payment for Judah’s trust in the LORD and a blow to the enemy economy (cf. 1 Samuel 30:18-20 where David “recovered all … flocks and herds”). • Camels, valuable for trade routes, show the scale of divine provision; God promised abundance when His people walked in obedience (Deuteronomy 28:1-4). • This plunder is not portrayed as greed but as God-granted spoil, paralleling Israel’s earlier deliverance from Egypt when they left “with great possessions” (Exodus 12:35-36). Then they returned to Jerusalem • The army’s first destination after victory is the covenant city, underscoring that triumph leads back to worship, not self-promotion (2 Chron 15:8-9). • Jerusalem is where Asa had already fortified the nation spiritually and militarily (2 Chron 14:2-6); coming home completes the cycle—seek God, gain victory, honor Him. • Returning also protects the people from lingering in foreign influence and keeps their focus on the LORD, much like David bringing the ark to Jerusalem to center the nation on God (2 Samuel 6:17). summary 2 Chronicles 14:15 records the finishing touches of a God-given victory: Judah, empowered by the LORD, dismantles every last vestige of Cushite strength, gathers the wealth God places in their hands, and promptly heads home to worship. The verse teaches that when God grants deliverance, He also supplies provision, and the proper response is to return to Him with gratitude and renewed commitment. |
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