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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.
2 Kings 13:7 — KJV
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2 Kings 13:7
King James Version (KJV)
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2 Kings 13:7
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Commentary
Commentary on 2 Kings 13:7
Theological / DevotionalFifty horsemen. According to the Assyrian account Ahab had 2,000 chariots and 10,000 infantry at the time of the battle of Qarqar. As a result of a series of disastrous engagements with Syria, Israel lost practically all its chariots and cavalry. This was equivalent to practically complete disarmament, and rendered Israel almost entirely defenseless.
Like the dust. A figure of speech, denoting the extreme cruelty of Syria. For this cruelty, of threshing “Gilead with threshing instruments of iron” (Amos 1:3), the prophet Amos a short time later pronounced the Lord’s judgment upon Damascus (Amos 1:4, 5).
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