Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 14:12

"So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled." — 2 Chronicles 14:12 (ASV)

So the Lord smote ... before Judah. —(Compare to 2 Chronicles 13:15–16.) Thenius remarks that the words of 1 Kings 15:15, about the spoils dedicated by Asa, help to establish the chronicler’s accounts of this victory and that of Abijah.