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
So, the men of Israel, saw they were in a strait, for the people had been harassed, - and the people had hidden themselves in caves, and in thickets, and among cliffs, and in holes, and in pits.
1 Kings 20:15
Then numbered he the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were found to be, two hundred and thirty-two, - and, after them, he numbered all the people all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.
Isaiah 36:8
Now, therefore, pledge thyself I pray thee with my lord, the king of Assyria, - That I supply thee with two thousand horses, If thou on thy part be able to set riders upon them;
The king
2 Kings 8:12
Then said Hazael, Why, is my lord, weeping? And he said - Because I know what thou wilt do to the sons of Israel, by way of harm - Their fortresses, thou wilt set on fire, and, their choice young men, with the sword, thou wilt slay, and, their children, thou wilt dash in pieces, and, their women with child, thou wilt rip up.
2 Kings 10:32
In those days, began Yahweh to make inroads in Israel, - and Hazael smote them in all the boundaries of Israel;
Like the dust
Psalm 18:42
Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them.
Isaiah 41:2
Who roused up one from the East, In righteousness, called him to his feet, - Set before him nations And over kings, caused him to rule, His sword, made them like dust, His bow like driven chaff:
Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes, in the vale of strict decision, - for near is the day of Yahweh, in the vale of strict decision.
General references
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of a people, is the majesty of the king, but, in the ceasing of population, is the ruin of the prince.