2 Chronicles 28 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 28:6

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.
2 Chronicles 28:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 28:6 in other translations

BSBFor in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
WEBFor Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
ASVFor Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
YLTAnd Pekah son of Remaliah slayeth in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day (the whole are sons of valour), because of their forsaking Jehovah, God of their fathers.
DARBYAnd Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.
BBEFor Pekah, the son of Remaliah, in one day put to death a hundred and twenty thousand men of Judah, all of them good fighting-men; because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers.
WebsterFor 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 28:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 28:5-7

5-7. the Lord ... delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria ... he was also delivered into the hand of the King of Israel--These verses, without alluding to the formation of a confederacy between the Syrian and Israelitish kings to invade the kingdom of Judah, or relating the commencement of the war in the close of Jotham's reign (2Ki 15:37), give the issue only of some battles that were fought in the early…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 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 versions and MSS. agree in this number. The whole people seem to have been given up into the hands of their enemies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 28:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּהֲרֹג֩vai.ya.ha.Rogand he killedH2026
פֶּ֨קַחPe.kachPekahH6492
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
רְמַלְיָ֜הוּre.mal.Ya.huRemaliahH7425
בִּֽיהוּדָ֗הbi.hu.Dahamong JudahH3063
מֵאָ֨הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomin a dayH3117
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
הַכֹּ֣לha.Kol<the> allH3605
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[were] sons ofH1121
חָ֑יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428
בְּעָזְבָ֕םbe.'a.ze.Vambecause had forsaken theyH5800
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
אֲבוֹתָֽם\׃'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 28:6

  • Jeremiah 15:6

    Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

  • Isaiah 1:28

    And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • Joshua 24:20

    If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

  • 2 Kings 15:27

    In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

  • Isaiah 9:21

    Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Isaiah 7:4-5

    And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 28:15

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

  • Deuteronomy 29:24-26

    Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

  • Deuteronomy 6:14-15

    Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • Joshua 23:16

    When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

  • Deuteronomy 32:20

    And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pekah.
2Ki 15:27,37; Isa 7:4,5,9; 9:21
an hundred.
13:17
valiant men. Heb. sons of valour. because.
15:2; De 6:14,15; 28:15,25; 29:24-26; 31:16,17; 32:20; Jos 23:16
Jos 24:20; Isa 1:28; 24:5,6; Jer 2:19; 15:6

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5

    Wherefore 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:6

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:7

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

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2 Chronicles 28:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque Peca, hijo de Remalías mató en Judá en un día ciento y veinte mil, todos hombres valientes; por cuanto habían dejado á Jehová el Dios de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Pékakh, fils de Remalia, tua en un seul jour 120 000 hommes de Juda, tous hommes vaillants; car ils avaient abandonné l’ Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Pekach, der Sohn Remaljas, erschlug in Juda an einem Tage 120000 Mann, alles tapfere Leute, weil sie Jehova, den Gott ihrer Väter, verlassen hatten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Occiditque Phacee filius Romeliæ, de Juda centum viginti millia in die uno, omnes viros bellatores: eo quod reliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum.