2 Chronicles 28:6

6 For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord the 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 burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

5 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter.

6 For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers.

7 At the same time Zechri a powerful man of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king’s son, and Ezricam the governor of his house, and Elcana who was next to the king.

8 And the children of Israel carried away of their brethren two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and an immense booty: and they brought it to Samaria.