2 Chronicles 28:6

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

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 He sacrificed also and burned incense in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

5 Therefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

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

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.

8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.