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 distress (for the people were in difficult circumstances), the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in crags, in tombs, and in pits.
1 Kings 20:15
So Ahab gathered together 232 young men who served as officials within the provinces and then mustered 7,000 soldiers from among the Israelis.
Isaiah 36:8
Come now, all of you, make a bet with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you can furnish riders for them!
The king
2 Kings 8:12
"Why are you crying, sir?" Hazael asked. "Because I know the evil that you're about to bring on the Israelis," he replied. "You'll burn down their fortified cities, execute their young men with swords, dash to pieces their little ones, and you'll tear open their pregnant women!"
2 Kings 10:32
In those days, the LORD began to reduce Israel in size: Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel,
Like the dust
Psalm 18:42
I ground them like wind-swept dust; I emptied them out like dirt in the street.
Isaiah 41:2
Who has aroused victory from the east, and has summoned it to his service, and has handed over nations to him? Who brings down kings, and turns them into dust with his sword, into windblown stubble with his bow?
Joel 3:14
"Multitudes, multitudes in the Valley of Judgment! For the Day of the LORD is near in the Valley of Judgment!
General references
Proverbs 14:28
A large population is a king's glory, but a shortage of people is a ruler's ruin.