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.
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Gill's Exposition
For Pekah son of Remaliah,.... Who was at this time king of Israel:
slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all
valiant men; a great slaughter to be made at one time,…
Barnes' Notes
The fearful loss here described may have been due to a complete defeat followed by panic.
Adam Clarke
A hundred and twenty thousand - It is very probable that there is a mistake in this number. It is hardly possible that a hundred and twenty thousand men could have been slain in one day; yet all the…
We have here,
I. Treacherous Judah under the rebukes of God's providence, and they are very severe. Never was such bloody work made among them since they were a kingdom, and by Israelites too. Ahaz…
Cambridge Bible
an hundred and twenty thousand i.e. more than a third of the host as reckoned in 2Ch 26:13.
which were all R.V. all of them.
the Lord God R.V. the LORD, the God. "The LORD" stands here for the proper…
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