2 Chronicles 28:6

6 The army of Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand brave soldiers from Judah in one day. Pekah defeated them because they had left the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 28:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:6

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, and of valiant men, but not so great as that in ( 2 Chronicles 13:17 ) ,

because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers;
this was not a reason with Pekah for slaying them, he himself being an idolater, but why the Lord suffered them to be slain by him.

2 Chronicles 28:6 In-Context

4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense at the places where gods were worshiped, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 So the Lord his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated Ahaz and took many people of Judah as prisoners to Damascus. He also handed over Ahaz to Pekah king of Israel, and Pekah's army killed many soldiers of Ahaz.

6 The army of Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand brave soldiers from Judah in one day. Pekah defeated them because they had left the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

7 Zicri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed King Ahaz's son Maaseiah. He also killed Azrikam, the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, who was second in command to the king.

8 The Israelite army captured two hundred thousand of their own relatives. They took women, sons and daughters, and many valuable things from Judah and carried them back to Samaria.