and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the <sc>Lordsc>, led 200,000 skilled warriors.p>

<p class="bodytext">From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents<n id="1" /> of silver.p>

Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king&#8217;s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king&#8217;s second-in-command.

Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors,<n id="1" /> while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.<n id="2" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> sent a messenger<n id="1" /> and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib<n id="2" /> returned home humiliated.<n id="3" /> When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons<n id="4" /> struck him down with the sword.