I beat my enemies into pieces. They were like dust on the ground. I crushed my enemies. I walked on them like mud in the streets.
2 Kings 13:7 - Easy To Read Version The king of Aram defeated Jehoahaz’s army. The king of Aram destroyed most of the men in the army. He left only 50 horse soldiers, 10 chariots, [150] and 10,000 foot soldiers. Jehoahaz’s soldiers were like chaff [151] blown away by the wind at the time of threshing. [152] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Ben-hadad] of Syria did not leave to Jehoahaz of [Israel] an army of more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 footmen, for the Syrian king had destroyed them and made them like dust to be trampled. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible No, nothing was left of Jehoahaz’s army except fifty chariot riders, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because Aram’s king had decimated them, trampling them as if they were dirt. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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 threshing in the barnfloor. |
I beat my enemies into pieces. They were like dust on the ground. I crushed my enemies. I walked on them like mud in the streets.
So Ahab gathered the young helpers of the government officials. There were 232 of these young men. Then the king called together the army of Israel. The total number was 7,000.
The Israelites also prepared for war. The people of Israel went to fight the army of Aram. They made their camp opposite the camp of Aram. Compared to the enemy, Israel looked like two small flocks of goats, but the Aramean soldiers covered the whole area.
At that time, the Lord began to cut parts from Israel. Hazael king of Aram defeated the Israelites on every border of Israel.
All the great things that Jehoahaz did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Israel.
I beat my enemies to pieces.\par They were like dust\par blowing in the wind.\par I crushed them into small pieces.\par
If you still want to fight, my master, the king of Assyria will make this agreement with you. I promise that I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find enough men to ride those horses into battle.
\{Tell me the answers to these questions:\}\par Who woke the man \{that is coming\}\par from the east?\par Goodness walks with him.\par He uses his sword \{and defeats nations\}—\par they become like dust.\par He uses his bow and conquers kings—\par they run away like straw blown\par by the wind.\par
There are many, many people\par in the Valley of Decision. {\cf2\super [32]} \par The Lord’s special day is near\par in the Valley of Decision.\par
I will be against you, so your enemies will defeat you. Those enemies hate you, and they will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish \{the people of\} Damascus for the many crimes they did. Why? Because they crushed \{the people of\} Gilead {\cf2\super [4]} with iron threshing tools. {\cf2\super [5]}
“I sent diseases against you, like I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with swords. I took away your horses. I made your camp smell very bad \{from all the dead bodies\}. But still you didn’t come back to me \{for help\}.” The Lord said those things.