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Aram and Israel Defeat Judah(A)

As a result, the Lord his God handed Ahaz[a] over to the king of Aram, who defeated him and took a large number of captives away to Damascus. Ahaz[b] was also delivered over to the control of the King of Israel, who defeated him with many heavy casualties. Remaliah’s son Pekah killed 120,000 soldiers in a single day, all of them elite forces, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their ancestors. Zichri, a valiant soldier from Ephraim, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the palace manager, and Elkanah, who was second in rank to the king.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:5 Lit. him
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:5 Lit. He

Therefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram.(A) The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.

He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. In one day Pekah(B) son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah(C)—because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king.

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