Then. — And.
Against him. — Before him (1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 14:8).
In the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. — This valley is not identified. The LXX. reads: ἐν τῇ φάραγγι κατὰ βορρᾶν Μαρισης, “in the ravine north of Mareshah.” This would involve a change of one letter in the present Hebrew. [Çaphônah “northward,” for Ç’phathah.] Syriac and Arabic, “in the wady of Mareshah.”