Which battle won by Judah or the United Kingdom of Israel that was won miraculously had the greatest number of enemy casualties?
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Lots of battles were fought in the Bible. Some were won primarily by a miraculous act of God, such as the fall of Jericho in the days of Joshua or the defeat of Sennacherib's Assyrian army in the days of Hezekiah. The non-miraculous victory with the most enemy casualties that I know of is the Battle of Mount Zemaraim, won by Rehoboam of Judah against the Kingdom of Israel. The Bible claims 500,000 casualties.
Which battle won primarily by a miraculous act of God, fought by either the tribes (Moses through Samuel), United Kingdom (Saul to Solomon) or the Kingdom of Judah (Rehoboam to the Exile)...
- claimed the most enemy casualties?
- was fought against the largest opposing army?
I am looking for battles prior to the Babylonian Exile, ca 585 BC.
The greatest victory I know of is the defeat of Sennacherib, with 185,000 enemy casualties:
> 32 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He
> shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before
> it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. 33 By the way
> that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into
> this city, declares the Lord. 34 For I will defend this city to save
> it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” 35 And
> that night the angel of the Lord went out and **struck down 185,000 in
> the camp of the Assyrians**. And when people arose early in the morning,
> behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of
> Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh. 37 And as he was
> worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer,
> his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of
> Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. (2 Ki 19:32–37)
Is there a greater miraculous victory that I overlooked?
Asked by Paul Chernoch
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Apr 20, 2023, 05:45 PM
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