1 Kings 20:29

King James Version (KJV)

And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Slew a hundred thousand footmen in one day - This number is enormous; but the MSS. and versions give no various reading.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Those about Benhadad advised him to change his ground. They take it for granted that it was not Israel, but Israel's gods, that beat them; but they speak very ignorantly of Jehovah. They supposed that Israel had many gods, to whom they ascribed limited power within a certain district; thus vain were the Gentiles in their imaginations concerning God. The greatest wisdom in worldly concerns is often united with the most contemptible folly in the things of God.

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