Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
The king
Like the dust
General references
Bible References
Fifty horsemen
1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
1 Kings 20:15
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
Isaiah 36:8
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
The king
2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
2 Kings 10:32
In those days Jehovah began to cut off from Israel: and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;
Like the dust
Psalm 18:42
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Isaiah 41:2
Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
General references
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.