And it happened, there the battle was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured among the people more than the sword had devoured in that day.
And Abner called to Joab, and said, Does the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? And until when will you say to the people to turn back from after their brothers?
And Pekah the son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all sons of strength, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.