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The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet. <a href="/esv/2_kings/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/13.htm">New King James Version</a> For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For he did not leave to Jehoahaz any people for the army except 50 horsemen and 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had caused them to perish and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/amp/2_kings/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For he left to Jehoahaz [king of Israel] an army of no more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram (Ben-hadad) had destroyed them and made them like dust to be trampled. <a href="/csb/2_kings/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/2_kings/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing. <a href="/erv/2_kings/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jehoahaz had no army left except for 50 horses, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers because the king of Aram had destroyed the rest. He had made them like dust that people trample. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jehoahaz had no armed forces left except fifty cavalry troops, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Syria had destroyed the rest, trampling them down like dust. <a href="/isv/2_kings/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> For the Aramean king had left only 50 cavalry, ten chariots, and 10,000 soldiers out of the army belonging to Jehoahaz, because the king of Aram had destroyed the others, making them like chaff left over after threshing. <a href="/msb/2_kings/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. <a href="/net/2_kings/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Jehoahaz had no army left except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops and trampled on them like dust. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For he did not leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/13.htm">World English Bible</a> For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them like the dust in threshing. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for he did not leave to Jehoahaz of the people except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Aram has destroyed them, and makes them as dust for threshing. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for he left not to Jehoahaz of the people except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Aram hath destroyed them, and maketh them as dust for threshing. <a href="/slt/2_kings/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people but fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram destroyed them, and he will set them as dust to trample upon.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by thrashing in the barnfloor. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And there was left to Jehoahaz from the people nothing but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers. For the king of Syria had killed them, and he had reduced them to become like dust on a threshing floor. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/13.htm">New American Bible</a> No army was left to Jehoahaz, except fifty horses with ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, since the king of Aram had destroyed them and trampled them like dust. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Jehoahaz was left with an army of not more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> There was not left much of an army to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram had destroyed them and had made them like the dust under his feet. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And a people was not left to Yahuakhaz but only fifty horsemen and twenty chariots and ten thousand Foot Soldiers, because the King of Edom destroyed them and made them as dust to tread on.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For there was not left to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing. <a href="/sep/2_kings/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Whereas there was not left any army to Joachaz, except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and they made them as dust for trampling. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/13-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=4387" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/13.htm">Jehoahaz Reigns in Israel</a> …6Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria. 7<a href="/hebrew/3059.htm" title="3059: lî·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Yah has grasped, the name of several Isr. From Yhovah and 'achaz; Jehovah-seized; Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites.">Jehoahaz</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">had no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘ām (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">army</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: hiš·’îr (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">left,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">except</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/2572.htm" title="2572: ḥă·miš·šîm (Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">fifty</a> <a href="/hebrew/6571.htm" title="6571: pā·rā·šîm (N-mp) -- A steed, a driver, cavalry. From parash; a steed (compare cuwc); also a driver, i.e. cavalry.">horsemen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: wa·‘ă·śā·rāh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: re·ḵeḇ (N-ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">chariots,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ (Conj-w:: Number-msc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">and ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ă·lā·p̄îm (Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/7273.htm" title="7273: raḡ·lî (Adj-ms) -- On foot. From regel; a footman.">foot soldiers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ’ă·rām (N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">of Aram</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ib·bə·ḏām (V-Piel-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">had destroyed them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·śi·mêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and made them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ke·‘ā·p̄ār (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">like the dust</a> <a href="/hebrew/1758.htm" title="1758: lā·ḏuš (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To tread, thresh. Or dowsh; or diysh; a primitive root; to trample or thresh.">at threshing.</a> 8As for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">2 Kings 10:32-33</a> In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory / from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan. <a href="/2_kings/14-26.htm">2 Kings 14:26-27</a> For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, / and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash. <a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a> “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.” <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">2 Kings 10:32</a> In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">2 Kings 13:3</a> So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad. <a href="/2_kings/13-22.htm">2 Kings 13:22-23</a> And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. / But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence. <a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">2 Kings 14:25</a> This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher. <a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29</a> In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria. <a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20</a> So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence. <a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9-12</a> In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. / And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. / The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. ... <a href="/2_kings/19-32.htm">2 Kings 19:32-34</a> So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD. / I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a> For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people. <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm">Isaiah 9:12</a> Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Amos 1:3-5</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron. / So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad. / I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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<a href="/1_samuel/13-6.htm">1 Samuel 13:6,7,15,19-23</a> 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 high places, and in pits… <a href="/1_kings/20-15.htm">1 Kings 20:15,27</a> Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand… <a href="/isaiah/36-8.htm">Isaiah 36:8</a> Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, 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<a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a> 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 strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.<a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">2 Kings 10:32</a> In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;like the dust<a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Psalm 18:42</a> Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.<a href="/isaiah/41-2.htm">Isaiah 41:2,15,16</a> Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow… <a href="/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14</a> Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-15.htm">Army</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-2.htm">Carriages</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-2.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-17.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-33.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm">Footmen</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-12.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">Jehoahaz</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">Jeho'ahaz</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-44.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-19.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-12.htm">Save</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-5.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-5.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm">Threshing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Army</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-11.htm">Carriages</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">Chariots</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-30.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-19.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-23.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">Except</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-2.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-24.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-4.htm">Footmen</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-8.htm">Jehoahaz</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-8.htm">Jeho'ahaz</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-18.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-8.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-4.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">Soldiers</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-7.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-7.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Threshing</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 13</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/13-1.htm">Jehoahaz's wicked reign</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/13-8.htm">Joash succeeds him</a> 10. <a href="/2_kings/13-10.htm">His wicked reign</a> 12. <a href="/2_kings/13-12.htm">Jeroboam succeeds him</a> 14. <a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">Elisha dying, prophesies to Joash three victories over the Syrians</a> 20. <a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">The Moabites invading the land, Elisha's bones raise a dead man.</a> 22. <a href="/2_kings/13-22.htm">Joash gets three victories over Ben-hadad</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His lack of a substantial army reflects the weakened state of Israel due to ongoing conflicts and divine judgment. This situation fulfills the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25</a>, where disobedience to God would lead to military defeat.except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers The remnants of Jehoahaz's army are strikingly small, especially compared to the military might of other nations at the time. Chariots and horsemen were crucial for warfare in the ancient Near East, and having only fifty horsemen and ten chariots indicates a severely diminished capacity for defense and offense. This small number highlights Israel's vulnerability and dependence on God for deliverance, as seen in other biblical accounts like Gideon's victory with a small force in <a href="/judges/7.htm">Judges 7</a>.because the king of Aram had destroyed them The king of Aram, likely Hazael or his son Ben-Hadad, was a persistent adversary of Israel. The Arameans' success against Israel can be seen as a consequence of Israel's idolatry and failure to follow God's commandments. This reflects the cyclical pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance found throughout the book of Judges.and made them like the dust at threshing This simile emphasizes the totality of the destruction. Threshing was a process of separating grain from chaff, and the imagery of dust suggests complete obliteration and humiliation. This phrase echoes the language of judgment found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a>, where the wicked are compared to chaff blown away by the wind. It underscores the severity of Israel's plight and the need for divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehoahaz.htm">Jehoahaz</a> The king of Israel, son of Jehu, who reigned during a time of great military weakness and oppression by the Arameans. 2. <a href="/topical/a/army_of_jehoahaz.htm">Army of Jehoahaz</a> The military forces of Israel under Jehoahaz, significantly reduced by the Arameans. 3. <a href="/topical/k/king_of_aram.htm">King of Aram</a> The ruler of Aram (Syria), who was a persistent enemy of Israel and responsible for decimating Jehoahaz's army. 4. <a href="/topical/a/aram.htm">Aram (Syria)</a> A neighboring nation to Israel, often at war with Israel during this period. 5. <a href="/topical/t/threshing.htm">Threshing</a> A process of separating grain from chaff, used metaphorically here to describe the complete destruction of the army.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Israel's military defeat is a direct result of their disobedience to God. This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God's commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> The reduction of Israel's army highlights God's control over nations and His use of foreign powers to discipline His people. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desperation.htm">Hope in Desperation</a> Despite the dire situation, Jehoahaz's eventual plea to God (earlier in the chapter) shows that turning back to God can lead to deliverance. <a href="/topical/m/metaphor_of_threshing.htm">Metaphor of Threshing</a> The imagery of threshing illustrates the thoroughness of God's judgment but also hints at the possibility of purification and renewal. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god,_not_military_might.htm">Dependence on God, Not Military Might</a> The decimation of the army underscores the futility of relying solely on human strength and the necessity of trusting in God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 13</a> <a href="/q/records_of_damascus_'threshing'_gilead.htm">(Amos 1:3) Are there historical records confirming any “threshing” of Gilead by Damascus in the manner Amos describes? </a> <a href="/q/do_2_kings_13_7's_figures_conflict_with_evidence.htm">Do 2 Kings 13:7's figures of 50 horsemen and 10 chariots conflict with known military realities, or is there supporting archaeological evidence?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_solomon's_pagan_altars.htm">1 Kings 11:7 - Is there any archaeological evidence of the pagan altars and high places that Solomon supposedly built?</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_to_adam_and_eve_in_eden.htm">Who was King Jehoahaz in biblical history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz.--Rather, For he had not left to Jehoahaz (any) people (i.e., war folk; <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm" title="In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.">1Kings 16:15</a>). The subject appears to be Jehovah. The narrative returns, after the long parenthesis, to the statement of <a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm" title="And Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.">2Kings 13:4</a>, "and Jehoahaz besought Jehovah (for he had not left, &c.)." Or we might render, "one had not left," i.e., "there was not left."Fifty horsemen, and ten chariots.--The mention of so small a number appears to indicate the result of the Israelite losses in some great battle, or in successive engagements. The destruction of these particular kinds of forces was equivalent to complete disarmament, and rendered further resistance hopeless, as the Syrians were especially strong in chariots and horsemen. (See Note on <a href="/2_kings/2-12.htm" title="And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.">2Kings 2:12</a>.)Had made them like the dust by threshing.--Rather, and set them like the dust to trample on or tread underfoot. Israel was down-trodden by the conqueror. (Comp. <a href="/2_samuel/22-43.htm" title="Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.">2Samuel 22:43</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm" title="I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.">Isaiah 10:6</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen. This verse seems to be an exegetical note on ver. 4, which perhaps it once followed immediately, the parenthetic section (vers. 5 and 6) having been added later, as an afterthought, either by the original writer, or perhaps by a later hand. The meaning seems to be that Hazael limited the standing army of Jehoahaz to fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, not that he slew the entire military population except this small remnant. The policy of limiting the forces to be maintained by a subject-king was one known to the Romans, and has often been adopted in the East. It is still a part of our own policy in the government of India. The limitation left the country at the mercy of all its neighbors (see ver. 20). For the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. Possibly this means no more than an utter destruction - a trampling in the dust, as we phrase it (see <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Jeremiah 51:33</a>; <a href="/micah/4-12.htm">Micah 4:12, 13</a>; and perhaps <a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10</a>). But it may be an allusion to that destruction of prisoners by means of a threshing instrument, which was certainly sometimes practiced (<a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm">2 Samuel 12:31</a>; <a href="/proverbs/20-26.htm">Proverbs 20:26</a>), and which is made a special charge against Damascus (<a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Amos 1:3</a>. See Pusey's 'Minor Prophets,' p. 158). <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/13-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Jehoahaz לִיהוֹאָחָ֜ז (lî·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3059.htm">Strong's 3059: </a> Jehoahaz -- 'Yah has grasped', the name of several Israelites had no לֹא֩ (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no army עָ֗ם (‘ām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock left, הִשְׁאִ֨יר (hiš·’îr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant except כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים (ḥă·miš·šîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> Fifty horsemen, פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ (pā·rā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6571.htm">Strong's 6571: </a> A steed, a driver, cavalry ten וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה (wa·‘ă·śā·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> Ten chariots, רֶ֔כֶב (re·ḵeḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone and ten וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> Ten thousand אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm) Number - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand foot soldiers, רַגְלִ֑י (raḡ·lî) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7273.htm">Strong's 7273: </a> A footman because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Aram אֲרָ֔ם (’ă·rām) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> Aram -- Syria had destroyed them אִבְּדָם֙ (’ib·bə·ḏām) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish and made them וַיְשִׂמֵ֥ם (way·śi·mêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set like the dust כֶּֽעָפָ֖ר (ke·‘ā·p̄ār) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> Dust, clay, earth, mud at threshing. לָדֻֽשׁ׃ (lā·ḏuš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1758.htm">Strong's 1758: </a> To trample, thresh <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 13:7 For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/13-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 13:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 13:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/13-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 13:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 13:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>