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.
Complete Jewish Bible:
The king of Aram destroyed Y'ho'achaz's army, making them like chaff when grain is threshed, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers.
Berean Standard Bible:
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.
American Standard Version:
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.
¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
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.
And [some of] the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he [was] yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
¶ And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people [that were] present with him, about six hundred men.
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.
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Commentary for 2 Kings 13:7
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
Strong's Number: H7604 There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: שָׁאַר Transliteration: shâʼar Pronunciation: shaw-ar' Description: a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant; leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
Strong's Number: H5971 There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: עַם Transliteration: ʻam Pronunciation: am Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
Strong's Number: H3059 There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: יְהוֹאָחָז Transliteration: Yᵉhôwʼâchâz Pronunciation: yeh-ho-aw-khawz' Description: from יְהֹוָה and אָחַז; Jehovah-seized; Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites; Jehoahaz. Compare יוֹאָחָז.
Strong's Number: H2572 There are 141 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים Transliteration: chămishshîym Pronunciation: kham-ish-sheem' Description: multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
Strong's Number: H6571 There are 54 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: פָּרָשׁ Transliteration: pârâsh Pronunciation: paw-rawsh' Description: from פָּרָשׁ; (compare סוּס); a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry; horseman.
Strong's Number: H6235 There are 157 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: עֶשֶׂר Transliteration: ʻeser Pronunciation: eh'ser Description: masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
Strong's Number: H7393 There are 104 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: רֶכֶב Transliteration: rekeb Pronunciation: reh'-keb Description: from רָכַב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
Strong's Number: H505 There are 496 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: אֶלֶף Transliteration: ʼeleph Pronunciation: eh'-lef Description: prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
Strong's Number: H7273 There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: רַגְלִי Transliteration: raglîy Pronunciation: rag-lee' Description: from רֶגֶל; a footman (soldier); (on) foot(-man).
Strong's Number: H4428 There are 1922 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: מֶלֶךְ Transliteration: melek Pronunciation: meh'-lek Description: from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
Strong's Number: H758 There are 561 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: אֲרָם Transliteration: ʼĂrâm Pronunciation: arawm' Description: from the same as אַרְמוֹן; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite; Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
Strong's Number: H6 There are 14291 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: אָבַד Transliteration: ʼâbad Pronunciation: aw-bad' Description: a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Strong's Number: H7760 There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: שׂוּם Transliteration: sûwm Pronunciation: soom Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
Strong's Number: H6083 There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: עָפָר Transliteration: ʻâphâr Pronunciation: aw-fawr' Description: from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Strong's Number: H1758 There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: דּוּשׁ Transliteration: dûwsh Pronunciation: doosh Description: or דּוֹשׁ; or דִּישׁ; a primitive root; to trample or thresh; break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jeremiah 50:11, by mistake for דֶּשֶׁא).