Proverbs 14:28

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

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh then commanded all his people: “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”

1 Kings 4:20-21

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

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.

2 Kings 10:32-33

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

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.

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