⁶ 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. ⁷ Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king. ⁸ 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)