God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 13:7
7Jehoahaz 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.
2 Kings 13:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Nothing had been left of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust at threshing time.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of 2 Kings 13:7
5So the Lord gave the Israelites someone to save them, and they were freed from Aram’s power. They were able to live in their homes again as they had done before. 6But they didn’t turn away from the sins that Jeroboam and his dynasty led Israel to commit. They continued to commit those sins. In addition, the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah remained standing in Samaria. 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. 8Isn’t everything else about Jehoahaz—everything he did, his heroic acts—written in the official records of the kings of Israel? 9Jehoahaz lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoash ruled as king in his place.
Read all of 2 Kings 132 Kings 13:7 word by word
כִּ֣י לֹא֩ הִשְׁאִ֨יר לִיהוֹאָחָ֜ז עָ֗ם כִּ֣י אִם־חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים רַגְלִ֑י כִּ֤י אִבְּדָם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם וַיְשִׂמֵ֥ם כֶּֽעָפָ֖ר לָדֻֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Neither did he leaveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
- of the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
- to Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזyehô'âchâz · JehoahazH3059
- but fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
- horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horsemanH6571
- and tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- footmenרַגְלִיraglîy · on footH7273
- for the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
- had destroyedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
- them, and had madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- them like the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- by threshingדּוּשׁdûsh dôsh dîysh · to treadH1758
Cross-references for 2 Kings 13:7
- 1 Samuel 13:6When the Israelites saw they were in trouble because the army was hard-pressed, they hid in caves, in thorny thickets, among rocks, in pits, and in cisterns.
- 1 Kings 20:15Ahab counted the young officers of the district governors. There were 232. After counting them, he counted all the Israelite soldiers. There were 7,000.
- Isaiah 36:8“Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you can put riders on them.
- 2 Kings 8:12“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “I know the evil you will do to the Israelites: You will set their fortresses on fire, kill their best young men, smash their little children, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- 2 Kings 10:32So in those days the Lord began to take away some of Israel’s territory. Hazael defeated Jehu’s army throughout Israel’s territory
- Psalms 18:42I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust blown by the wind. I threw them out as though they were dirt on the streets.
- Isaiah 41:2“Who has raised up from the east someone to whom the Lord gives victory with every step he takes? Nations are handed over to him. He defeats kings. With his sword he turns them into dust. With his bow he turns them into straw blown by the wind.
- Joel 3:14There are many, many people in the valley of decision. The day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
- Amos 1:3This is what the Lord says: Because Damascus has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Arameans have crushed ⌞the people of⌟ Gilead with iron-spiked threshing sledges.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 13:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The meaning is that “he, the king of Syria” (2 Kings 13:4 Hazael) limited the standing army of Jehoahaz. Like the dust by threshing - An expression not only employed metaphorically, and importing defeat, conquest, and grinding oppression Jeremiah 51:33; Micah 4:12, but implying also the literal use of threshing-instruments in the execution of prisoners of war (marginal reference, and compare 2 Samuel 12:31).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Years of Aramean attacks weakened Israel's army. Only God could prevent Israel's destruction (2 Kings 13:4–5). In the end, only God can save humanity when it is helpless and lost (Psalm 35:10; Romans 5:6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. made them like the dust in threshing--Threshing in the East is performed in the open air upon a level plot of ground, daubed over with a covering to prevent, as much as possible, the earth, sand, or gravel from rising; a great quantity of them all, notwithstanding this precaution, must unavoidably be taken up with the grain; at the same time the straw is shattered to pieces. Hence it is a most significant figure, frequently employed by Orientals to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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