²² Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home.

⁵ 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. ⁶ 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.

³⁶ As the sun was setting, a cry spread through the army: “Every man to his town. Every man to his land!”^(A)

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated^(A) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.