In one day Pekah(A) son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah(B)—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. The men of Israel took captive from their fellow Israelites who were from Judah(C) two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.(D)

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