2 Kings 13:7

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2 Kings 13:7

Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.

Amos 1:3

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascus
for three crimes, even four,
because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

2 Kings 10:32

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory:

1 Samuel 13:6-7

The men of Israel saw that they were in trouble because the troops were in a difficult situation. They hid in caves, thickets, among rocks, and in holes and cisterns.

1 Samuel 13:15

Then Samuel went from Gilgal to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul registered the troops who were with him, about 600 men.

1 Samuel 13:19-23

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

1 Kings 20:15

So Ahab counted the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he counted all the Israelite troops: 7,000.

1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites mobilized, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.

and Hazael asked, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He replied, “Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will dash their little ones to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.”

Psalm 18:42

I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
I trample them like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 36:8

Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

Isaiah 41:2

Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.
The Lord hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 41:15-16

See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,
new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them
and make hills into chaff.

Joel 3:14

Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the Day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Kings 13:7

Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

Fifty horsemen

1 Samuel 13:6

1 Kings 20:15

Isaiah 36:8

The king

2 Kings 8:12

2 Kings 10:32

Like the dust

Psalm 18:42

Isaiah 41:2

Joel 3:14

General references

Proverbs 14:28

Bible References

Fifty horsemen

The men of Israel saw that they were in trouble because the troops were in a difficult situation. They hid in caves, thickets, among rocks, and in holes and cisterns.

So Ahab counted the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he counted all the Israelite troops: 7,000.

Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

The king

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory:

Like the dust

I pulverize them like dust before the wind;
I trample them like mud in the streets.

Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.

The Lord hands nations over to him,
and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword,
like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the Day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.

General references

A large population is a king’s splendor,
but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.