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2 Chronicles 28:6

In just one day, Pekah, son of Remaliah, killed 120,000 fighting men in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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In The King James Version

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

In Context

5As a result, the Lord his God let the king of Aram conquer Ahaz. The Arameans attacked him and captured many of his people, taking them to Damascus. Ahaz was also defeated by the king of Israel in a massive attack.

7Zichri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king; Azrikam, the palace governor; and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15But if you don't obey the Lord your God by following carefully all his commandments and regulations I'm giving you today, then you will experience all the following curses and more:

Deuteronomy 29:24Everyone everywhere will ask, “Why did the Lord do this to the country? Why did he get so terribly angry?”

Deuteronomy 32:20He said: “I will turn away from them. Then I'll see what happens to them! They are a perverse people, unfaithful children.

Joshua 24:20if you give up on him and worship foreign gods. He will turn against you and destroy you despite all the good he has done for you.”

2 Kings 15:37During that time the Lord started sending Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, to attack Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:17Abijah and his men hit them hard, and 500,000 of Israel's best warriors were killed.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:2-6

The Wickedness of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord , like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He… Read the whole commentary →

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