Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, before you tell the people to return from following their brethren?
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.