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
The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.
1 Kings 20:15
So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.
Isaiah 36:8
Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
The king
2 Kings 8:12
Hazael asked, "Why are you crying, my master?" He replied, "Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women."
2 Kings 10:32
In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.
Like the dust
Psalm 18:42
I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.
Isaiah 41:2
Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.
Joel 3:14
Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision!
General references
Proverbs 14:28
A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.