Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 14:13

"And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty." — 2 Chronicles 14:13 (ASV)

Pursued them to Gerar. —(Genesis 20:1) Kirbet-el-Gerar, in the Wadi Gerar, about eight miles south-southeast of Gaza, on the route to Egypt (Septuagint Gedor).

And the Ethiopians were overthrown, so that they could not recover. —Literally, And Kushites fell until they had no revival, or survival (Ezra 9:8–9). The latter seems preferable, as a vivid hyperbole, like 2 Kings 19:35, When men arose in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Vulgate, “usque ad internecionem.”

Destroyed. —See margin.

Before his host. —Or camp. Asa’s army is the Lord’s army.